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> I would love to see more programmers refusing to work on AI.

This is not effective.

Having a regulated profession that is held to some standards, like accountants, would actually work

Without unions and without a professional body individual action won’t be achieving anything

So do you think that people should be required to become members of a "regulated profession" before writing a VBA spreadsheet macro, or contributing to an open-source project?

Are you required to become a chartered civil engineer to build a house for your dog?

But the software developer who’se code handles personal information of 10 million million people should know that you don’t store them in plain text, which developers and business leaders at Virgin Media did not know, and if you click ‘forgot password’ they would send you a letter with you password In The Mail

But... accountants do work for AI companies, right? That doesn't seem like a good example.

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