The Force-Feeding of AI on an Unwilling Public
This isn't innovation, it's tyranny
https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-force-feeding-of-ai-on-an-unwilling
A few months ago, I needed to send an email. But when I opened Microsoft Outlook, something had changed.
Microsoft asked me to use Copilot to write my email. Copilot is my AI companion. (That’s the cute word they use.)
After some trial-and-error, I found a way to disable Copilot. Phew!
But a few days later, Microsoft surprised me again. It wouldn’t let me ...
save an Excel file until I had agreed to new terms for my software account.
Guess what? AI is now bundled into all of my Microsoft software.
Even worse, Microsoft recently raised the price of its subscriptions by $3 per month to cover the additional AI benefits. I get to use my AI companion 60 times per month as part of the deal.
But I don’t want to use it. I want to kill it.
As you can see, I’ve never used this service. I still have all 60 credits ...
unused. But I’m paying for it—because it’s now embedded into Microsoft Word, Excel, etc.
This is how AI gets implemented everywhere.
You don’t get to choose. You’re never asked. It just shows up. Now you have to deal with it.
I don’t want AI customer service—but I don’t get a choice.
I don’t want AI responses to my Google searches—but I don’t get a choice.
I don’t want AI integrated into my software—but I don’t get a choice.
I don’t want AI sending me emails—but I don’t get a choice.
I don’t want AI music on Spotify—but I don’t get a choice.
I don’t want AI books on Amazon—but I don’t get a choice.
If they gave people a choice, they would reject this tyranny masquerading as innovation.
This is like the shit EDGE that I can't get the hell off my computer!!!