Feeling guilty for my career in AI

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Summary

A non-profit AI developer expresses guilt and fear due to societal backlash against AI, despite using it responsibly to assist program staff and adhering to strict guidelines against job replacement.

This post is just to have a place to say this to people who hopefully relate. I have a wonderful job building AI and digital tools for a non profit organization. Our department builds and designs resources for tasking and time consuming issues for our program staff to give them more time to spend in the field with their clients. We let them bring the problems to us, listen to their dream tool and build it and cater it to their needs. I love what I do and support AI for what it was made for: to make life easier. Our organization encourages AI use but is very clear and strict about it not replacing any jobs. We receive pretty positive feedback on our tools. However, you can’t say you use or support AI on ANY platform without getting reemed that you’re killing the planet or a loser for using it. The constant hate makes me afraid to tell people what I do and honestly makes me feel guilty. I know there are a lot of environmental concerns with AI use, but I also know they are actively working on ways to reduce this (or so they say). I guess my question is does anyone else relate to this or work in with AI that feels scrutinized and how do you handle or deal with it?
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