Mildly Infuriating

Mildly

Great, another "AI sucks and I'm so much more enlightened because I don't like or use AI" post.

The irony of using the internet on a device to post about the energy consumption of AI while relying on that same general infrastructure and energy consumption to make and distribute the post is... rather fantastic.

If OP really wanted to make a point about reducing AI usage, there is something amusing about using an internet-based service to make that argument.

And the fact that the joke is considered unfunny specifically because it was AI-generated seems like a particularly strange criticism. Whether someone personally likes or dislikes AI is certainly their prerogative, but that doesn't really tell anyone anything about whether the joke itself works. It's a little like saying, "I don't like this joke because of the tool that was used to make it."

If you ask me, the ones doing this type of shit are either plants from the other side and/or unknowingly one of them.

I got no issue demonizing anyone and anything that uses genAI ( not the normal stuff you get from phone 10 years ago that are basically just over glorified filters, got different issues with them ) for image generation no matter the use. So I am absolutely with you on hating the image.

While I do agree that AI is not environmentally friendly, the only way the hype train is going to die is when investors quit dumping money into it.

While many of you may hate me for this, I intentionally waste it. Arguing with it saying the sky is green, asking it to write code and telling it the code doesn’t work, etc.

Maxing out my free account usage intentionally by just asking pointless questions and never giving up. Every prompt drains just a little bit of these investors confidence that their investment will ever turn a profit.

Profit is clearly the only thing they care about. Hit em where it hurts.