Thank you for preserving these!
Coming back to say: hereโs some reasons to hold out against using generative AI as much as you can*.
The โfreeโ AI programs available to the general public are unethically trained on stolen data
(Said stolen data has been found to include CSAM/CSEM)
AI generation requires lots of electricity & is bad for the environment
AI is heavily supplemented by underpaid human labor thatโs hidden on purpose
AI has only one real value for companies who look to incorporate it: reducing its reliance on human labor. If itโs not doing that, then why spend money on it? It needs to be a cheaper replacement for something else, and that something is human labor. Thatโs its selling point.
And thus: generative AI is being sold to your boss/potential commissioner as your cheaper competitor.
Although the actual potential for generative AIโs output is doubtful, companies are eager to use AI to cut creative labor out of the production process and thus the profit structure. artists are noticing.
For example: Companies refusing to include anti-AI language in contracts, prompting strikes
AI is replacing people โฆ but mostly making jobs for those who remain even harder than before
That last point is important to me bc if you wonโt try to avoid using generative AI for the sake of the people whose work was stolen to train it, or for the environment, or for creatives getting financially squeezed by it โฆ you should avoid it because itโs not going to be around forever.
Generative AI as it stands โฆ really canโt replace humans no matter how hard AI companies try to sell it as a replacement. If it turns out to be a useless expense, then why buy it?
If it turns out nobody will buy it โฆ why keep selling it? & in fact thatโs the problem: not nearly enough people are buying use of generative AI services/models to make it profitable.
If itโs not profitable (bc ppl actively donโt like it & it doesnโt work well), the companies selling generative AI will stop selling it, will close their doors, will stop offering generative AI for free โฆ
And all weโll have is a bunch of collapsed AI startups & lost creative jobs for no reason.
The AI bubble will crash, & when it does, all that will happen is a lot of wealth will have transferred to already-wealthy people who were willing to throw massive amounts of money down the drain just to make everyone else a little poorer
Outside of fandom, AI is getting rammed down our throats bc itโs all about profit. Generative AI is meant to steal what little profit artists still make commercially. Letโs not let it take up space in fandom, too!
I canโt force anyone to not use AI, of course, & I donโt expect ppl who already use it to respect any of my reasons to not use it. But i hope this post gives you some reasons to not use it.
(You know whoโs actually profiting heavily from AI? Scammers.)
*a lot of things are labeled โAIโ but arenโt really generative AI, & sometimes you canโt avoid using AI bc of work or something. But do your best, even if only for yourself.
