this post was submitted on 04 Mar 2026
1274 points (98.8% liked)
Fuck AI
6218 readers
923 users here now
"We did it, Patrick! We made a technological breakthrough!"
A place for all those who loathe AI to discuss things, post articles, and ridicule the AI hype. Proud supporter of working people. And proud booer of SXSW 2024.
AI, in this case, refers to LLMs, GPT technology, and anything listed as "AI" meant to increase market valuations.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
My university automatically gives all students premium subscriptions to multiple chatbots.
Meanwhile acquiring a local bus pass is case-by-case process to save money from students who do not use that service.
I don't know why they actively refuse to do the same with microsoft products.
In the end my tuition money funds 4 different chatbot services to 30,000+ students. I feel like I should apologize at this point.
(I still refuse to use any of them tho cause fuck AI)
Jesus christ, what an absolute waste of resources.
And then those Unis will bitch and moan about students using AI to help with essays or other works. It's like giving a kid a calculator then asking them to not use it during a math test.
Maybe the subscriptions are seen as them "keeping up with technology", which isn't the case for the bus pass?
For a while, my university was offering a degree project on cryptocurrencies, for example, because cryptocurrencies were seen as the future for a time, and they would be falling behind if not. Even though it was a few years after cryptocurrencies were going out of vogue (this was before NFTs came about). So they wouldn't mind that, but the bus pass would be instead seen as a waste of money if they just handed it out.