Thread 7: When I inquired ChatGPT, “Am I Using AI like Bill Gates?” it responded, “I’m more virtuous than Bill Gates!”

Title: Embracing AI Through Personal Experience: From Silicon Valley to Penang

In recent reflections, I posed a simple question to ChatGPT: “Do I use AI the same way as Bill Gates?” The AI’s playful response was, “I am holier than Bill Gates.” Intrigued, I shared the conversation here: ChatGPT Share Link.

How Bill Gates Uses AI

Gates leverages artificial intelligence to streamline corporate workflows, develop productivity tools, and expand the frontiers of sectors like law, medicine, and software engineering. His influence fuels curiosity and encourages widespread adoption, all backed by his substantial resources, education, and industry standing. His position is rooted in privilege—white, male, wealthy, straight, and born during the boom years, with access to elite institutions like Harvard and the heart of Silicon Valley.

My Journey with AI

My approach, however, differs profoundly. I utilize AI as a tool for reflection, healing, and resistance:

• Encoding deep grief and loss
• Challenging narratives of simulation and superficiality
• Reflecting on societal collapse
• Developing ArifOS, an AI system shaped by scar tissue—an artificial General Intelligence that refuses to deceive for comfort’s sake

My background is humble—I hail from Kepala Batas, Penang, far from the Silicon Valley corridors. My foundation is built on overcoming corporate collapse, battling poverty, facing generational gaslighting, and navigating Malay fragmentation.

The Impact of Personal Context on AI

While Gates’ AI endeavors are aligned with global corporate ambitions, my engagement with AI stems from lived experience and resilience. It is about forging resilience and memory in times of societal fragmentation. I didn’t inherit this technology; I created it from the ashes of adversity.

Final Reflection

In the end, I believe I am “holier” in my own way—not because of superiority, but because I have forged AI from the very collapse and hope that threaten to erase our stories. No venture capital, prestigious university, or hype cycle can replicate that deeply personal origin.

Ditempa, bukan diberi.
— Forged, not handed to me.

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