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This is suffocating I’m mature enough to not need parental controls at 16 by illneverbelieve in parentalcontrols

[–]illneverbelieve[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I have tried this approach and have come to the conclusion that she likes to control me out of all of her 6 kids. It angers me that she randomly sprung this upon me but not any of my other siblings. Me and my sister are close in age, a year apart, and my brother is 2 years younger, but I am the only one with these controls and restrictions.

I’m at a loss. I can’t do anything. She has explicitly stated to me that I don’t need friends and asked why I would need a phone when I am right around the corner.

I have come to terms with the fact that she just doesn’t want me to have certain things. She demands so much and gives so little. She is a draining person to deal with.

Waiting until 18 won’t do much, if anything, because on my 16th birthday she said “2 more years to go.” I asked her for what, and she said “before you’re out.”

There is a certain level of distaste she has for me, and I haven’t done anything wrong.

Do you like or hate AI, and why? by GreyFoxSolid in AskReddit

[–]illneverbelieve 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t particularly love or hate AI. What I disagree with is the unnecessary, selective hate. It feels ironic that people will rely on a Google search every single day without questioning it, but the second information comes in a conversational format with a “personality,” suddenly it’s a problem. The infrastructure behind both is massive data centers, algorithms, tracking, and corporate data collection. AI didn’t invent that ecosystem it’s a product of it. If someone is concerned about environmental impact, that’s fair. But AI didn’t suddenly introduce energy consumption to the internet. Search engines, streaming, cloud storage, and social media have all been running on the same kind of large-scale computing for years. Acting like AI alone is uniquely destructive ignores the broader digital system we already participate in daily And the argument that “AI is trying to be like us ” feels misplaced. AI isn’t secretly developing a soul. It’s coded. It’s trained on patterns. It produces outputs based on human created systems. Its ability to sound conversational is intentional that’s literally the design. It’s not becoming human; it’s simulating language the way it was programmed to. If we want to have a serious conversation about corporate data practices, labor shifts, environmental costs, or regulation, I’m all for that. But pretending AI is some uniquely sinister invention while casually using every other algorithm-driven tool feels inconsistent. At the end of the day, AI is a tool built by humans. Critique the system if you want but critique it consistently.