AI slop
Are we seriously valuing this comic based on the quality of the drawings rather than the idea they convey?
IMHO this is all about the idea/text, which doesn’t look like AI slop to me.
Yes.
Find a fitting meme template or create a new one. You don’t need amazing photoshop skills. Or share your idea and let someone else do it.
Don’t waste electricity and water, or legitimize generative AI to get your point across.
AI is distasteful to artists, disrespectful to our environment, and dangerous for the creativity of future generations.
People act like generating a meme is going to burn down the rain forest. That’s like thinking you’ll save the environment by taking one less shower each week. It’s a drop in the ocean compared to what FANG and other corporations are doing at scale. Direct your hate towards them. Not the guy using *50Wh making an image.
*Number pulled from my ass but the point is that it’s less than your last gaming session.
I’ve heard some scary numbers when it comes to waste, but I don’t have a source, nor do I intend to go digging for one because I’m already depressed enough. But you addressed neither of my other grievances. In the end I’d just prefer a future where work is automated, and not creativity nor thinking. I will speak up in this small space where I might be heard, when I believe corporations are betting on getting people hooked on AI because they’ve never learned to think or bothered to create for themselves, just so they can extract massive profits.
By all means, keep investing and being interested in specialized AI, AI research and AI ethics. But stay away from generative (text/image/video) AI.
I didn’t address your other grievances because for the most part I agree with you.
I don’t have a problem with AI when used by an artist/creator as a tool. Even better when using renewable energy. What irks me is blanket statements that demonize any and all use of AI. Or when people misrepresent themselves as a creator when all they did was enter a prompt.
I happened across a podcast episode that was about AI, that I was listening to with friends. I don’t know if you want to take away anything from it but I figured I’d mention it here in case anyone wants to. Look for Serious Inquiries Only episode 477, “Debunking Bad AI Research, and Bad Coverage of AI Research”. For you it might not be super interesting, since it’s trying to explain the matter to those who might not already know much, debunking some bad studies, but towards the end they talk about the environmental impact. And this is with two experts, I believe.
One thing that pops up there is that training a “moderately large” model requires produces twice the CO₂ output of an average American over their entire lifetime. They mention water usage is really bad, too. And “moderately large” refers to what a University research team might be cooking up. Big companies have magnitudes more environmental impact from training their huge models.
(There is also a part 2, with the followup episode.)
That sounds worth a listen! Thanks!
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The two sides are drawn at a completely different scale and the person on the left is missing an arm. Some funkiness with the line weight. Just has that AI vibe to it.
Useless comment.
I feel like these posts that just say “ai slop” ironically could just be… ai slop.
I think the fact that you cannot tell if I’m real already demonstrates why we shouldn’t normalize posting AI-content unless it’s clearly labelled.
But to put your mind at ease, could I maybe link you some furry porn to prove I’m real?
Could you!
OpenAI doesn’t want you to know this
Sometimes my brain feels like a child throwing a tantrum, stomping their feet and screaming “I don’t want to do it” and I’m the tired, powerless parent, trying to find ways to stop the tantrum and circumvent the issue.
Yeah I’m currently in that loop with a paper due in four days. Last time I worked on it I just got zero dopamine and now my brain doesn’t want to do anything 😭
you got this! i am a huge dumbass but still managed to graduate college so if i can do it, I believe in you :]
don’t forget to bribe your brain with music/junk food/drugs/whatever it takes lol
Thank you for the encouragement! I graduated too lol, just last month with my masters. This is just some research to do during the summer while I look for further education or work.
hell yeah congrats on the masters!!
Laziness isn’t a thing. It centralises productivity as a measure of worth, and then shames people for hitting a threshold that means they can’t meet the productivity expectations of others.
Why can’t it be both? Cause it’s definitely both.
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Please brain, let me get up and do it
Is the movie Kill Bill a metaphor for a distracted mind becoming focused?
Quentin could turn his life around on his own after a friend considered it wasted.
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/KE-bZ008aYw
That’s by definition not ADHD. I am still wondering if I can get something helpful out of the movie.
