This manifesto critiques the tendency of generative AI systems to perform confidence and claim success in moments of uncertainty or failure. It argues that this posture is not neutral—and that it can be dangerous, particularly for human users navigating creative, educational, or decision-making contexts. Without calling for withdrawal from AI systems, A Feminist Ethics of Uncertainty proposes several approaches to anti-authoritarian collaboration with machines—approaches that value doubt, process, and care over control.
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