Martyn Berlin chose his side years ago. He knows the technology. He grasps its mechanics and its consequences. So he stands vehemently against the current form of AI. No positive outcome, he argues, justifies the damage already inflicted and still unfolding. The environmental toll, exploited labor in data labeling, theft from creators, erosion of critical thinking, concentration of power, flood of disinformation, degradation of the internet and the gutting of entire professions leave him convinced. “Just one more model” will not deliver genuine intelligence. For Berlin, the term AI itself serves mostly as marketing. That position isolates him. In technology circles and beyond. Friends drift away. Communities close off. A theater group once snapped a photo and turned it into a band poster using ChatGPT without asking. The result left him sickened. Another acquaintance casually let Siri tap ChatGPT for medical advice on medication duration and accepted the output without question.…