Don't Call Me Francis

Does anyone remember when computers were supposed to work for us? It seems that we are working for them.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. [0]

I do not consent to the machine as God machina ut deus

Never forget that these machines are an amalgam of inputs, the exact opposite of what makes me an individual. I get to choose and create meaning based on my unique knowledge, experiences, thought processes and emotions --- Not everyone else's.

[0] Attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt with high certainty.

This is what happens when guardrails go too far.

If I want to be called Bill or Frank or Jill or Dr. Fukuyama or President Trump or the Grand Poobah of All That He Surveys by my private, personal-use GenAI account, who cares???