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So, there is a machine that was built to crush orphans and people are angry about it. And people using the machine defend it against various arguments against it. And within that discussion, it turns out, that the machine also leaks oil into the product, and is powered by slave labour. The oil leakage is only worth mentioning, since apparantly the machine was also advertised for processing food.

I do not like that metaphor. It does not catch the intent and usage of generative ai. People would be angry about an orphan crusher, be it human or machine. There are humans doing potatoe mashing. So, a slave labour powered kitchen appliance, that leaks oil into the food would work better as a metaphor. Better, let's use a robot instead of a mere appliance, and it was trained by watching human cooks. It lacks a sense of taste, so the food all tastes the same or is spiced extra weird.

But real life humans are not particularily angry about multi use kitchen appliances. On the other hand, many people do not really like restaurants that just microwave the food and sell it at restaurant food price tag, even though they happily use that device at home. They prefer human made food. But no one expects the cooks to not use the tools of the trade, like knives, ovens that run on energy, or to apply knowledge other cooks established.

The anger about gen ai stems from several points, and some of them are shortsighted. So we should concentrate on the things that would stay, even if the oil leakage and slave labour are dealt with. Like the boring taste of the orphan pulp. Or that it takes away the jobs of the orphan crushers.

Because we sure will not stop using pulp. Jams are all about pulp. But most of them require the chefs to do certain aspects of the crushing manually or under restrictions. Like no using knives, or only crush the legs. Some things are even encouraged, like using the rotary propelled gratings maker, or rending in a pyrex.