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PCIntern
Jan 19
OP
It's all AI slop that wastes electricity and uses unethical tech trained on stolen intellectual property.
highplainsdem
Jan 19
#9
It's unethical to use or promote genAI, period. You're still showing contempt for everyone whose
highplainsdem
Jan 19
#11
Torchlight
(6,514 posts)1. I'll be sending him my 7th-grade All City Band 1st Chair certificate.
Just in case he demands that as well.
PatSeg
(52,579 posts)2. "Acing three dementia tests on one year!"
He sure is proud of himself. Has to bring it up frequently.
eppur_se_muova
(41,324 posts)4. You know he'll pick the Iron Crosses in that collection.
Coventina
(29,442 posts)6. I really want to know about his quickly healed ear.
That is extremely suspicious to me.
dalton99a
(92,845 posts)7. Kick
lame54
(39,320 posts)8. C'mon Darwin award
highplainsdem
(60,848 posts)9. It's all AI slop that wastes electricity and uses unethical tech trained on stolen intellectual property.
I hate Trump as much as anyone else here, but posting AI slop is a bad message.
See this:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220895596
And this:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220895856
PCIntern
(28,094 posts)10. Satire is exempt generally.
And as far as wasting electricity with all due respect, is a specious claim.
highplainsdem
(60,848 posts)11. It's unethical to use or promote genAI, period. You're still showing contempt for everyone whose
intellectual property was stolen to train the AI.
progressoid
(52,806 posts)20. MIT has done some math...
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1116327/ai-energy-usage-climate-footprint-big-tech/
As have others.
Regardless of the electrical consumption, it's slop.
The Mirriam Webster word of the year: https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/word-of-the-year

?itok=yNSLVfzC
As have others.
Regardless of the electrical consumption, it's slop.
The Mirriam Webster word of the year: https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/word-of-the-year

?itok=yNSLVfzCAllaN01Bear
(28,909 posts)12. ""
niyad
(130,503 posts)13. All I see are blue boxes.
CTyankee
(67,913 posts)15. me, too. What happened?
flvegan
(65,977 posts)14. More Upgrade to Premium! No way!
Maru Kitteh
(31,395 posts)16. "Upgrade to Premium!" is all I can see.
Amaryllis
(11,113 posts)18. same
highplainsdem
(60,848 posts)21. That usually means the images are hosted on a site where you're supposed to pay for a premium account if
you're going to post the photos on the internet where there will be a lot of views, increasing the bandwidth cost for the image host.
Maru Kitteh
(31,395 posts)23. Yes, I was adding my voice to others hoping to alert the OP
so they may solve it if they wished. My curiosity was piqued.
Amaryllis
(11,113 posts)19. How about explaining the joke to those of us who only see blue boxes?
highplainsdem
(60,848 posts)22. It's more AI slop on the Trump-and-trophies theme.







