Edit: I regret bringing AI up on this post because it’s making people focus on AI when it honestly was never a big or meaningful part of this post. This post is me telling you to uninstall shinigami eyes because it’s used to harass intersex people and BIPOC. That’s why I made the post. If you reblog this with tags focusing on the AI part you missed the point and should re read it!
Y’all have got to stop replacing critical thinking with apps and extensions. People go on and on about how AI makes people lazy (true), but barely anyone talks about how things like Shinigami Eyes, an extension now infamous for being used to discriminate against trans and intersex people, actually discourage people from learning how to spot TER/TIRF/TRF rhetoric themselves.
This isn’t just about AI or browser extensions; it’s about the bigger issue of outsourcing your own judgment to digital tools that can’t actually think for you. When you rely on an algorithm to tell you what’s safe or not, you stop learning how to analyze context, pick up on coded language, and form your own conclusions. That’s a real problem.
These tools might seem convenient, but they also make you vulnerable. What happens when you don’t have access to them anymore? Or when the people behind them have their own biases and agendas? We’ve already, again, seen how Shinigami Eyes has been weaponized against trans and intersex people. If you don’t know how to think critically on your own, you’re leaving yourself wide open to misinformation and manipulation.
Instead of letting an app or extension decide things for you, take the time to actually learn. Get familiar with dog whistles, coded language, and the way harmful ideologies spread. Read firsthand accounts from marginalized people, study patterns in rhetoric, and have real conversations. This isn’t just about activism! it’s basic media literacy in a world where bad actors are constantly shifting tactics!
I’m not saying you can’t use digital tools at all. If they help, cool. But don’t lean on them like a crutch before you even know how to walk. Knowledge that’s actually yours can’t be taken away by a software update, a deplatforming, or an algorithm tweak.
Bottom line: Stop letting apps think for you. Learn how to recognize danger on your own, because at the end of the day, no tool is ever going to replace the value of an informed, critical mind.
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