I’m fed up with all these so-called “gurus” who co-opt and redefine movements just to get attention online. This is an insult born of ignorance.

Saying “AI is punk” is simplistic and overlooks what made punk truly subversive. Punk wasn’t just individual independence; it was collective resistance against power structures, corporations, and the commercialization of culture. It was a statement: “We don’t need anyone telling us how to live, think, or create.”

Most widely used AI tools, however, are owned by massive corporations (OpenAI, Google, Microsoft) that control access, models, and collect data for commercial purposes. Using them means relying on centralized systems, which are fundamentally at odds with the punk ethos. Punk isn’t just about breaking rules—it’s about rejecting hierarchies, gatekeepers, and top-down control. Corporate AI puts users inside precisely the kind of managed, monitored system that punk was designed to resist.

That said, truly punk AI would be free, open-source, and fully transparent. It lets you experiment without permission, modify tools as you see fit, and create outside corporate control. Its DIY ethos, community collaboration, and radical autonomy align much more closely with punk’s core: subverting rules, forging your own path, and challenging gatekeepers.

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