Would that count as something worth of boycott? There's an ambiguous grey area here, where ai-haters are against everything that uses ai, supposedly. But to which extent?
Do they use Alexa? Do they use auto-search in searching tools? Do they think the algotithms that try to constantly catter to their preferences isn't AI?
It's like that paradox of the activist that is against child slavery, but uses an iphone that was probably built in China by slave children. As long as he doesn't know from where his comoddities come from, everything is ok.
When it comes to AI code I have 4 criteria:
1 - Does something useful.
2 - Disclosed as AI code.
3 - Integrates with existing code without creating a massive tech debt spaghetti code ball.
4 - Reviewed by someone that knows what they are looking at.
For AI in mods/free content:
1 - Just don't make it look weird. (extra fingers, uncanny valley, yellow tint, etc)
2 - Machine translation is also fine as long as someone that speaks the language reviews it.
For AI in games I'm paying for:
1 - Using it to test a bunch of different permutations of actions to check for bugs is fine.
2 - Using it to have npcs hold a conversation would be fine (like a farmer complaining about the weather and having an interactive convo about it).
3 - Using it to replace creative roles (voice actors/artists/writers that should have been paid) is never fine.
4 - I am fine with upscaling and frame generation as long as it is disclosed, has an off button, and isn't the advertised specs (Like the Switch 2 saying it plays Elden Ring at 1080p 60 fps when it is really 720p 20fps with ai upscaling + framegen).
For AI in products/apps/search engines:
1 - F off. If you put AI in my notepad app or a frying pan I'll murder you. If I want to use AI I can pull one up myself but I probably don't.
