Living with AI | ACTION 10 | Reject New Tech. Embrace Simplicity. Improve on what’s ‘old.’

The most challenging change that you can make in your Conscientious Rejection of AI, is the rejection of new tech within your life and the active refusal to use or adopt upgraded software within your existing equipment, wherever possible.

This is as challenging as it is because:

1. You must make the conscious decision not to upgrade phones, computers, TVs or anything else that is using Smart technology.
2. Much of the tech you already have in your possession or in your home will be receiving upgrades without you even knowing.
3. The programming sat behind any search engine or dynamically active website that you use online will almost certainly be upgraded regularly and could already be using the latest forms of AI or a ‘plug in’ that comes from the same genre of Artificial Intelligence.

It sounds impossible. But it’s not.

This goes back to the fundamental question of asking yourself what you need versus what you want.

You don’t need to buy food, clothes, health products or anything else that you need because it is essential for life, by relying only upon systems that are already under the influence of AI.

You still have the choice to reject any and all transactions where you haven’t knowingly controlled the entire decision-making process – from realising the ‘need’ to the point where you are in receipt of or able to use the item, product, goods or services.

It may come as a surprise to learn that taking Action doesn’t mean a complete rejection of any form of AI that you have no choice but to avoid. It just means that you need to be fully aware of the entire process and remain completely in control throughout.

If you have had an email about an offer about something you regularly buy or you have a post in your social media feed that reminded you of something you ‘remember’ that you need, you are not in control of the whole process – even if you believe that you have made a conscious decision to buy.