• Aaron_Davis@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I gotta be honest, I’m neither pro nor anti AI myself. I don’t use it as much as I used to these days, but when I do use it, it can be pretty fun and helpful. And I can’t help but admire the AI images and videos, even if it is AI slop. (Maybe I’m an idiot for being very easily impressed/entertained by almost anything.)

    Yes I know there’s a bunch of problems with it (including environmental), but at the same time, I don’t feel like I’m contributing to those problems, since I’m just one person, and there’s so many other people using it anyway.

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      2 days ago

      There was a very common consensus that television wasn’t bad because it hasn’t affected me. Or advertising isn’t bad because “people can make up their own minds”. So we let it go.

      That letting it go allowed Fox News and Talk radio and online nazis to destroy American democracy in six months. Yes it took a few decades to get up to speed, but here we are now.

      That’s what the AI discussion is like to me.

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      2 days ago

      Well, yes, many people use it, you are right, and how can I say it… You can enjoy anything, even build houses from your hair, but when it is done for you, it is somehow boring, or something inside says: “yes, it is beautiful, but what is the point?” How can you value something that has no human effort or soul?

      It’s like you enjoy the slop like some guy eating pizza and drinking beer while watching a football match. It can be compared to fast food and tasty but unhealthy food.