I simply have a hard time following the refusal to work on anything AI related. There is AI slop but also a lot of interesting value add products and features for existing products. I think it makes sense to be thoughtful of what to work on but I struggle with the blanket no to AI.
I'm critical of AI because of climate change. Training and casual usage of AI takes a lot of resources. The electricity demand is way too high. We have made great progress in bringing a lot of regenerative energy to the grid, but AI eats up a huge part of it, so that other sectors can't decarbonize as much.
We are still nowhere near to get climate change under control. AI is adding fuel to the fire.
My domain is games. It's a battlefield out there (pun somewhat intended). I ain't touching anything Gen-AI until we figure out what the hell is going on with regards to copyright, morality of artists, and general "not look like shit"-ness.
Sad part is I probably will still be accused of using AI. But I'll still do my best.