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title: API Evangelist Is Just Saying No To Artificial Intelligence
date: 2025-04-25T09:00:00.000Z
tags:
  - AI
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - Ethics
  - Bias
  - Environment
  - Business
  - Funding
  - Expertise
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I am taking a firm stance on saying no to artificial intelligence in its current incarnation. I still use machine learning, specifically Tensorflow as my Algorotoscope protest to the bias in the machine, and continue to assess the AI augmentation present in applications I depend upon on a case by case basis. However, I was using the ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude APIs in my profiling tools, and occasionally I would edit website copy using ChatGPT, and moving forward I am backing away from any remaining usage of the leading generative AI tooling because the benefits do not outweigh the negative impact of AI I this moment.

The primary reasons I am rejecting usage of artificial intelligence is because I CAN—it is my business and personal work. After that, my rejection is based upon the environmental impact, how AI is being wielded as part of labor exploitation, the foundational bias that exists in the training of these LLMs, the disregard for copyright and provenance, as well as the probabilistic nature of it resulting in being not very reliable and accurate. I can keep going, but all of this, plus the cost of usage, all pencils out that using artificial intelligence in my business and as part of my career is not sustainable, ethical, or even makes for sound business sense.

Beyond the foundational reasons but pushing me over the line is how artificial intelligence is being wielded by this administration and the technology sector behind them. I cannot look at how AI Is being wield across the institutions we depend on for our society and at all feel like this is something I want to get behind. AI has a lot of use cases, and all of those are biased, unpredictable, and strongly support authoritarian visions for this country and the world. With this in motion, there is no way I can justify using AI to write summaries and descriptions for APIs, JSON examples, and edit some of my website copy. This alone means that AI doesn’t pencil out, but the environmental impact, and overall costs makes it a non starter.

I am fortunate that I can say no to artificial intelligence. It will undoubtedly impact my career, and turn plenty of customers away. However, if you are looking to do HTTP APIs at any scale at a company, organization, institution, or government agency, in service of desktop, web, mobile, device, or even AI applications I am here to support. I will not be using AI to manage APIs, but if you are looking to use APIs in your AI applications it is your business. I am focused on helping sensible businesses manage their digital resources and capabilities using standardized HTTP APIs that are properly managed and secured. I am not interesting in participating in the hype train surrounding this AI moment everyone in the API space is celebrating.