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In reply to the discussion: Don't applaud fake "creativity" in AI-generated garbage. You're applauding a parody of creativity, and [View all]Response to highplainsdem (Reply #48)
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Don't applaud fake "creativity" in AI-generated garbage. You're applauding a parody of creativity, and [View all]
highplainsdem
Aug 2025
OP
There is an enormous difference between being inspired by previous works, and plundering vital parts of them and
WhiskeyGrinder
Aug 2025
#4
No, it isn't. No real learning is required. You can prompt AI to give you an image of or treatise on something
highplainsdem
Aug 2025
#5
There is no creativity or achievement in AI slop. No heart, no irony, no tenderness, no anger. It is a golem that people
WhiskeyGrinder
Aug 2025
#3
The other thing that gets me is that AI slop is just so fuckin boring. Think of the clips from the new South Park eps
WhiskeyGrinder
Aug 2025
#6
Using AI, even as its forced on US through searches, business support ect... is helping to accelerate climate change
ImNotGod
Aug 2025
#7
Spotify is saving a lot of money by filling playlists with AI-generated crap. And that's hurting real
highplainsdem
Aug 2025
#10
The people controlling these corporations will be thrilled if their customers will settle for AI slop. Makes
highplainsdem
Aug 2025
#12
Nothing hurts Trump more than exposure of what he's actually done. AI-generated fantasies aren't
highplainsdem
Aug 2025
#16
It isn't going low to say Trump's a pedophile, given the evidence. You just can't say he's a convicted pedophile
highplainsdem
Aug 2025
#25
The problem with that sort of thing, though, is that it will hurt your credibility with those who don't want
highplainsdem
Aug 2025
#32
See reply 21 below, which mentions Curtis Yarvin. Vance's admiration for Yarvin is a much more
highplainsdem
Aug 2025
#38
SOME people do. Some people are not only lazy, but are fine with the fraud that is generative AI. I'd
highplainsdem
Aug 2025
#17
Whenever I see an email that begins with, "I hope this email finds you well..."
Tommy Carcetti
Aug 2025
#18
Calculators weren't built on the theft of the world's intellectual property, as AI was, and they don't give
highplainsdem
Aug 2025
#29
Not a single one of the hundreds of AI summaries with links that I have reviewed -
Ms. Toad
Aug 2025
#82
Look, again, to be clear, I'm not defending the wholesale and unregulated use of AI. In fact
B.See
Aug 2025
#91
What a stupid imitation of Hemingway. Whatever Artificial Idiot plagiarism machine you used there, it's
highplainsdem
Aug 2025
#63
Nowadays more than half of what you see on social media is fake AI generated BS
appleannie1
Aug 2025
#23
LOL! People defending AI love to make incorrect comparisons. And pop-up blockers can't be compared
highplainsdem
Aug 2025
#71
If you want the internet replaced by AI models controlled by tech lords, you're really not thinking.
highplainsdem
Aug 2025
#73
Those tools generally have much more influence on users than users realize, whether they're
highplainsdem
Aug 2025
#34
You can get different results from identical prompts. Which is why image generators, for
highplainsdem
Aug 2025
#61
NO kidding. I can scarcely stand to go on Youtube anymore due to the clickbait AI-generated content...
hlthe2b
Aug 2025
#28
Here's how my last interaction with ChatGPT went, and I don't feel too awful about it
AZJonnie
Aug 2025
#41
" all I'm doing is costing the company money." And massively increasing your carbon footprint for no gain.
WhiskeyGrinder
Aug 2025
#44
I doubt that I 'massively increased my carbon footprint' as a human by doing this
AZJonnie
Aug 2025
#45
Okay, but as far as the effect on the earth's climate is concerned, it doesn't matter one whit
AZJonnie
Aug 2025
#56
You think I have an aversion to conversations with real people, on their own schedules?
AZJonnie
Aug 2025
#55
It's disheartening to see anyone here praise and promote a chatbot. I just skimmed that because I
highplainsdem
Aug 2025
#48
That future is already terrifying artists, and I've met some who sound almost suicidal. They know
highplainsdem
Aug 2025
#50
I love Ed Zitron, whom you just recommended. Have posted a number of threads about him here.
highplainsdem
Aug 2025
#66
"What works for our side is reality. Showing people the reality of what Trump is, and what he's doing".......
Jack Valentino
Aug 2025
#65
I won't regret using A.I. if it helps me make enough money to keep me alive,
Jack Valentino
Aug 2025
#81
I've said on DU that I sympathize with people forced to use AI for work or school...though I hope they
highplainsdem
Aug 2025
#86