We’re experiencing a revolt against Artificial Intelligence. It appears that most people accept the reality of the threats AI presents, and that the AI billionaire bros cannot be trusted to self-regulate their efforts. According to Jacob Coxon—the Anthropic whistleblower—those billionaire bros are apparently afraid of the growing uprising against AI.

I think they have good reason to be afraid, and not just of adverse effects on their business. Recall last year and the torching of Teslas as a reaction to Musk’s mayhem via DOGE—I bet those bros remember that. And there are other violent examples of what can happen as a response to rich and powerful men who put their own greed and hunger for power over the welfare of the people.

But a tamer form of revolt has been playing out in the world of social media. I know a lot of people who have revolted by cancelling their social media accounts—what a radical move. And then there’s the successful lawsuits against Facebook because of the harm Facebook’s algorithms have caused in people’s lives, particularly the lives of children.

Yet AI is taking the harm—or the threat of harm—to a whole higher level. And I wonder, depending on how this AI story plays out, could the revolt against AI grow into a wider revolt against others forms of tech?

Now I’m not imagining a revolt against all tech. Just the tech that often provides questionable benefits and can sometimes dominate and even control our lives, such as those things experienced through smart phones, tablets, computers, and the Internet that provides the access. Imagine a world where such intimate tech was not such a widespread and pervasive element in our lives. OMG, what are we going to do with ourselves?

Yet there is some talk that the AI billionaire bros are trying to define and control how the rest of us experience life. Their access into our lives seems to be through those forms of tech I mentioned. Well, how about we revolt by not giving them access?

Look, many people spend a good chuck on their day on their devices, under the influence of tech whose sole purpose seems to be to keep you plugged in. It’s hungry for your attention, and it wants all of it. It wants you to remain a passive observer and consumer, where you do all your observing and consuming through it.

Well, what if we spent more time being active experiencers and creators? And instead of experiencing life through tech, what if people chose to experience life through personal endeavors? Instead of focusing their attention on a device, people might focus on creative things, like art. Or they might focus on relationships with other people—now that’s a very happy thought. In collaboration with others, we might even focus on enhancing our personal wellbeing, happiness, and even joy. Seemingly endless possibilities.

It’s not only relationships with other people that we could nurture. We also might focus our attention on things spiritual and a relationship with God. By the way, this is the type of thing I usually write about. And a personal relationship with God will feed and improve our relationships with other people, as well as—. Okay, as tempted as I am to talk more about God—my favorite topic—I’ll get back to today’s topic.

Presuming we survive this threat of an AI apocalypse—and I’m very optimistic we will—I’m hopeful that there will not only be a revolt against certain forms of tech and a shift away from the tech that dominates our daily experiences, but I hope there will be a shift towards relationships and personal endeavor. Where the relationship with tech seems to be getting people down, relationships with others can be uplifting. Now that is indeed a happy thought.