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I was about to write a positive comment, then you mention how you perpetuate the AI machine just like everyone else, but with massive dose of self-righteousness on top.

Such is the tragedy of the world. Everyone claims they have strong morals, then shed them whenever convenient and no one is looking.

You can't say you "go out of your way" to avoid something and then you do the literal opposite, not even with a little bit of humility or moderation, but, in fact, going out of your way to using it as much as humanly possible.

I'm not even sure what is the point of your comment than just demonstrating your hypocrisy and lack of self-awareness.

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Their point seems pretty clear? They aren't passionate about their job, they're pissing away AI-generated productivity to fill OKRs and collect a paycheck at the end of the week.

Then, knowing how the sausage is made, this person refuses to spend that paycheck on more AI-generated content. They are sabotaging their employer, forcing reconsideration of AI-first culture, and then refusing to re-integrate that cash into an AI-obsessed economy. It's a lot more of a principled position than just "I like AI" or "I want to see AI fail" that we hear from most sidelines pundits.

It feels unethical to gloat when thousands of people are desperately looking for work in the industry.

Gloat about what? They're describing an A/B dichotomy of how they treat AI at work, and how they treat it in their personal life.

Their employment is corollary to telling this story, it's not any kind of subtle brag.

Didn't get a message about this. I am not / was not / never would gloat about something like this. The amount of times I heard my wife say, "She is really talented, I am sure she will get something soon", while I searched and got nothing for there years left a scar in my heart.

It is worsened by the fact she, too, now, has been unemployed.

The status-quo is awful. Leeches in C-suite doing everything they can to squeeze pennies from the people, leveraging their capital to in turn abuse those in other countries.

The world needs to come together and cap how much value can be retained without reinvesting it back into the lifeblood of society.

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