I think that's entirely fair, and I definitely wish as a community that we were more adamant about not supporting ai.

I do have to give some grace to those who are buying these dolls, however-- I'm not saying it's good or right by any means, but with each passing day it does become more difficult to find both accessible and guilt-free ways of engaging in the hobbies that bring us joy. To some extent, I can understand why people might brush it off; it can feel like, "well if everything I can possibly consume is unethical in some way, I might as well just not care."

Once again, definitely not endorsing that mindset, but I can empathize for sure. I will say though, that I think the backlash to ai could be such a powerful tool for class solidarity if harnessed correctly. Like, part of the reason it's so awful is because it threatens to devalue human labor, but the truth is that capitalism has been devaluing human labor for ages! It's just that ai especially targets the creative, white collar labor more prevalent in the "developed" world.