You're going to pay more for lots of things. Blame AI.

[edhopper]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/you-re-going-to-pay-more-for-lots-of-things-blame-ai/ar-AA267Mi7

We've gotten used to lots of reasons for higher prices: Remember supply chains? Tariffs?
Now we're getting a new one: AI data centers.
Apple CEO Tim Cook is one of many corporate leaders who say the AI boom is pushing their costs way up — and they're going to pass those costs onto consumers.

They are spending hundreds of billions on something we didn't want or ask for. Something we don't need. Something that will take work away from people and not do as good a job.

And now they want us to pay for it.

How very Trumpian.

[Jirel]

1. Boycotting AI is not hard.

Vote with your wallet.

- Use noai.DuckDuckGo.com as your search tool.
- Buy nothing “smart” or AI driven.
- For tech that incorporates AI in software or hardware (like phones or tablets), buy used only.
- Don’t subscribe to software (many now use AI in development, and hope to recoup the expense through subscriptions).
- Turn off all AI features in your tech.
- Where possible, pollute data and AI. This can be as simple as refusing personal data to stores, giving false data, keeping a spare email account just for purchases online, etc. More advanced options include locking down your digital life with tracking and ad blockers, using AI polluting tools on work product, etc.

[edhopper]

2. I do

I use a non AI search and turn it off on my phone. I never "ask Ai". Unfortunately it is incorporated into too many things.