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Re:Ask HN: "No AI" apps/companies/resources? by BrunoBernardino on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @08:55AM (#50453463)
They started originally to help people move away from Big Tech, but they do say early on the homepage:

> And now AI is making all that much worse...

As for your questions, I agree those are different and related discussions that I'm not looking to bring here, as I'm not sure it'll be necessarily productive, but I'm happy to be proven wrong!

Re:Ask HN: "No AI" apps/companies/resources? by enoint on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @09:06AM (#50453596)
I think of these as independent:

Advances in small models, on-device. This feels closest to your question.

The rare CEO who is maybe bearish on AI, but preparing for a bubble to burst. Asset managers, for instance. Paid to be early, but also to survive being early.

The actual purpose of hyperscalar data centers. Are they all guilty of advancing some mass surveillance? Or do we call it model training, which is only sometimes pointed at mass surveillance?