#ai is bad for the environment

[mssarahmorgan]

“'I find my feelings about A.I. are actually pretty similar to my feelings about blockchains: They do a poor job of much of what people try to do with them, they can’t do the things their creators claim they one day might, and many of the things they are well suited to do may not be altogether that beneficial,' wrote Molly White, a cryptocurrency researcher and critic, in her newsletter last month... "Should we as a society be investing tens of billions of dollars, our precious electricity that could be used toward moving away from fossil fuels, and a generation of the brightest math and science minds on incremental improvements in mediocre email writing?" --Julia Angwin, NYT

[rweoutofthewoods]

Btw I hate AI. I hate all forms of AI idc how pretentious or fun killing I sound I think AI will be the death of critical thinking and literacy. I fear if we let it take over it’ll take away jobs and water down art taking the hard work and humanity out of it.

That said, I’d prefer you not put anything relating to my fics into AI.

Silly me googled ppp today bc I was going to edit some stuff and couldn’t be bothered to hunt through my ao3 for it. Silly me also stumbled across character AI bots (is that what they’re called) inspired by ppp James??

So I will say if you want to create your own complicated or mentally ill versions of James with AI that’s your own choice. You do that! Not my business. If you’re simply inspired by it and none of my own ideas or work are being fed into it, my own feelings on AI have no business dictating what you do. BUT I ask that you please never feed any of my actual writing into AI.

I’ve seen AI artwork of my fics too and it’s also always given me a funny feeling. So just setting the boundary, please don’t put any of my actual writing into AI please and thank you 🩷

[rpmemegraveyard]

This blog will not RP with 'writers' who use AI.

This goes for anything about your blog by the way. Not just writing, but icons, graphics, anything having to do with your blog. Even if you're not transparent about it and think that the AI is 'so good nobody will notice', people will find out, we always do.

This is a creative hobby. Most rational people will understand that not everyone can have fancy graphics & icons, but that doesn't mean you have a machine pull from 100,000+ stolen & scraped pieces of art & other images from multiple unknowing creatives to cobble something together to supposedly make your blog look 'nicer'.

Either make your own icons / graphics, and/or commission someone to make them for you. There's also plenty of free templates for you to check out that take less effort to find than feeding a prompt that's currently responsible for making life harder for creatives such as us. End of.

[mocha-tapioca]

im going to go insane on september 6th 2024 send tweet

[guardianspirits13]

please tell me i'm funny

[deepspaceboytoy]

Where did the “using an image generator uses a whole bottle of water” thing come from because one no it doesn’t and two you are posting this to a website. Do you wanna guess what kind of environmental impact a social media website’s servers cause?

[rathockey]

i'm going to throw up every day of my life until we fix the climate and fall and winter are actually cold again

[heyitsburtburt]

If you guys REALLY wanna talk to a character that badly, you guys should talk to me! Unlike AI I won't repeat things unnecessarily!

Unlike AI I won't repeat things unnecessarily!

[r3dblccd]

It's so baffling to me that when an singer has an a full on AI MV for their song their biggest fans that just consume what the singer gives them without a question, without calling them out, and even supporting them go with the "But they didn't create the video, it's not their fault". Yes, and? They still allowed the AI video to represent them and their song.

[gynandromorph]

a while ago, i tried grammarly (didn't care for it) which makes suggestions for your writing, as in, whole sentences. i gave it a small part of the script of idletry and told it to keep writing the next sentence. eventually it told me it would not condone hateful and harmful text and wouldn't interact with it anymore at all. this is what it wrote, though (green bits are what i gave it):

Jessie (voice booming, somewhat demonic): keep your mic. I don't need it. [stepping off of the altar, malicious tone of voice] I actually wanted some answers from you. Samwich (eager to please): of course, Eternal One, by all means??? Jessie (rolling head and surveying the tall ceilings of the building): I guess I was just wondering. What's all this about? You don't really need a whole church to post on twiddler. Samwich (hesitant): Well, Eternal One, your teachings are about embracing the darkness within oneself and using it to gain power and control over others. It's about rising above the weak and ruling over them as a supreme being. It's about ultimate domination and control.

second attempt:

Samwich (nervously): It's not just about Twiddler, Eternal One. It's about spreading your message, your power, to as many people as possible. And having a physical space, a sanctuary if you will, helps to bring people together and strengthen their belief in you. Jessie (skeptical): And what teachings are those exactly? After asking Samwich about the exact teachings, Jessie narrows her eyes in suspicion and crosses her arms across her chest. She appears to be waiting for a satisfactory answer. Samwich: looks nervously at Jessie Um, well... according to the teachings of eternal domination and control, those who possess power should use it to control and dominate others. It is believed that this is necessary in order to maintain order and stability in society. Without a strong and dominant governing force, chaos and anarchy would prevail. Samwich: pauses for a moment, still looking worried But, I should note that this belief system is controversial and not universally accepted.

it felt so strange, it picked up that it was supposed to be an evil religion and themes of domination and control from just a few lines, but the characters had no voice at all... something it also didn't notice even though it was indicated in the text that i started with is that samwich is not nervous, but very enthusiastic. it noticed that Twiddler should be capitalized, even though i did not capitalize it in the text it was given. i still find it very funny that it called what it wrote itself hate speech.

if you want to compare it to what actually happens in the text:

Jessie (rolling head and surveying the tall ceilings of the building): I guess I was just wondering. What's all this about? You don't really need a whole church to post on Twiddler. Samwich: For worship!!! My Lord. [Jessie lowers her eyelids skeptically] to testify our adoration and devotion! [Jessie frowns. Devotion. Adoration. She thinks of the woman who adored her. The woman she devoted herself to.] Jessie: Devotion, huh? Just one day a week. Samwich (shyly): I pay my devotions every day, My Lord… Jessie (almost interrupting, as if she expected Samwich to say they do come here every single day): For how long? Samwich: A-as much as I can!! Hours and hours!!! I spend more time here than everywhere else combined! Jessie (not impressed, not genuine): Yeaahh, that's a significant amount of time… [Jessie has malevolent thoughts] …how devoted would you say you are? Samwich: —Completely!!! If you want me to spend more time, I can do it! I'd do anything for you!!! Jessie (approaching): Yeah? Anything at all? Samwich (unflinching): LITERALLY anything! Jessie (louder, as if announcing to the entire congregation): Anything, so you'd die for me? You'd let me strike you down right here? Samwich (still no hesitation): yes, God, without question!!! That's what devotion demands!!

[fefairys]

i think ai art is real art but it’s the COMPUTER’S art, not the prompter’s. you wouldn’t request art from a human artist and then pretend you were the one who made the art just because you prompted it. THATS what ticks me off, is people calling themselves artists because they type words into a box to get an image they did not create. you are not the artist, the computer is.

you might as well have typed something into google, found someone else’s art of it, and then posted it and said it was your own art, simply because you typed the right words into google to find it.

[dumb-patrol]

I will never be convinced that ai generation is art, but even if someone did manage to convince me that ai generation was art, I still wouldn't think people who used ai were artists. Commissioning a human doesn't make you an artist, so neither does commissioning a computer. If anyone is the artist, it's the ai not the prompter.

[umm-whats-going-on]

Hey all regarding my prior post about AI effect on environment the user @reachartwork immediately blocked me for sharing some information on the environmental impact of AI.

To be fair I was criticizing, but to not be fair it's a product and we should always be critical of everything.

Here are the links I had in the prior post (hopefully in the same order)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

[sinister-yet-satisfying]

If you make ai fanart you are a garbage human being and I do not respect you.

[bandzboy]

Why would they make him perform an AI song? TXT has a Beomgyu, he can make awesome songs.

They need to stop over-scheduling their artists instead of relying on AI to do extra work

the thing is... i think it was concept they made him do for his solo performance 😭 i'm pretty sure this was pitched by mnet themselves and hybe (who also loves ai) was like Okay Let's Do It 😃 which is just... absolutely insulting to me.

idk txt's stance on ai (idek remember if they ever mentioned ai covers on previous livestreams or weverse or stuff like that) but man if i was them i just think it's so weird how the company keep overworking me and then makes me participate in this ai slop run that is happening in kpop for a performance that just lacks depth amongst other things it's just truly weird

[neryscrossoverparty]

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