anti-ai

Decoy Font is a TTF font that uses spatial frequency tricks to embed a hidden message readable by humans at a distance while showing a decoy up close, making it harder for AI to read what you type.

Ghost Font is a web-based tool that generates moving text videos designed to be readable by humans but not by AI models, using motion, noise, and decoys to evade machine recognition.

The article highlights the paradox that Generation Z, despite being the most skeptical of AI, is also its largest consumer base.

An AI-generated concept album titled 'Past-Tense' critiques AI even as corporate interests co-opt its noble intentions.

Johannes Link, creator of jqwik, explains his decision to add logging code to the project as an act of protest against hyper-scaled generative AI and agentic coding, detailing his ethical objections and the resulting controversy.

Gitdot is an open-source, anti-AI Git hosting platform written in Rust, presented as a better alternative to GitHub.

The "Anti-AI Flavor Design Guide" in the Open Design GitHub repository summarizes 10 principles to avoid AI design styles, emphasizing the use of brand colors, unified icons, real data, etc., aiming to help designers create more human and authentic product-oriented designs.

DuckDuckGo releases new browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox that set its AI-free search as default, capitalizing on user backlash against Google's AI-first search overhaul, with traffic surging over 80% above baseline.

The author argues that taking a moral stance against AI makes one an outcast in tech and society, expressing exhaustion and frustration with the constant promotion and use of AI despite its harms.

A Filipino virtual assistant was replaced by AI, sparking comments that reveal widespread misunderstanding of AI capabilities; the author argues that poor prompting and lack of AI fluency, not the tools themselves, lead to unsatisfactory results.

An opinion piece arguing that anti-AI sentiment disproportionately harms small businesses and entrepreneurs, while large corporations can continue using AI regardless.

The article argues that hating AI is a legitimate and growing stance, citing public backlash at commencement speeches and declining trust in AI. It calls for recognizing anti-AI sentiment as a serious constituency.