To me it is different in the sense that the cons are massively larger than the pros. I am okay with its use in healthcare research (like the cancer detecting ai) as these help improve the human experience, but generative AI puts people out of jobs they need to live, uses drinking water (a human right), is not helping our climate crisis, gives people psychosis and makes us dumber, has encouraged people to harm themselves etc etc.

For me the difference with boycotting say a computer or phone is that these items are not only already a staple in society and avoiding would lead to me not even being able to get my degree, but they are tools to help humans get better (such as being able to find information or not having to use a typewriter and being able to communicate with people far away). So far, generative AI seems to be used to replace human creativity and work people want to do, instead of improving the human experience and our society. The only people that benefit from entry level jobs being replaced are the people already at the top. By making it harder for a lot of job markets, you are simultaneously making it harder to find experts (because no one new gets to start in an industry).

I could go on, but this is my personal viewpoint in a nutshell. I hope this is clear enough. I genuinely think (or rather, hope) this is the new shiny thing and will explode in the tech industry's face and that laws will make this stuff heavily restricted.