I know you've probably got a million things planned while you're there, but I'll put my little two cents in that if you catch the fast train to Kanazawa, it's totally worth it. Easy to navigate with several wonderful attractions and one of the best garden/castle complexes in the country.
![None of this is inevitable. None of this is acceptable! Whenever we hear the fatalistic sentiment that "AI is doing X" the bare minimum response must be to push back with, "why is [person using or invoking AI] choosing to do that?" Whenever we feel the push to use LLMs in ways that violate our own values, the bare minimum response must be to ask, "why would I choose to do this, and what other choices do I have?"
Our current upside-down world has put the onus of responsibility on the individual, rather than the organization or the institution or the government. It's far from ideal. If we give up this shred of accountability, we'll have nothing left. So let's do better, and refuse to accept the slop, the harm, and the cruelty as given, and hold each other accountable to better. Yes?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5v7abnnkjx7q227bpezus5bh/bafkreich6osakrh6fgi45eljqswjqkehk5n6cbexzum7arechrs7po5u4y)
