lol, you're getting downvoted just for asking, that should sum up the whole argument.
The hate is real here, and IMO most of it is unjustified. There are a few good points that are made:
- Training data was not ethically sourced. Can't get around that, it just wasn't. It was legal-ish, but it wasn't moral. Image generators especially, the art was not willingly given - but IMO if you aren't taking work out of their hands I don't have a major issue with it.
- Same as your issue, AI is being shoved everywhere embodying the "If you're a hammer everything is a nail".
- Privacy concerns as you've talked about, and security.
That being said, I don't have any issues with using it at home, local LLMs, and I'll even say I use it daily to help with coding. I've been coding for 20 years and I have to admit it does help, if you know when to use it. It has sped me up considerably.