Stand Against the MisUse of AI
Push this- we the people do not want!
The AI industry is committing theft, even if they refuse to call it that.
It has taken the likeness, voices, and works of millions of people without their permission and turned it into a commodity. Businesses have people training their own "replacements". Both businesses and individuals are misusing AI (On a note- I am not all-out anti-AI- but the price we are being asked to pay for its gross misuse and theft is WRONG) to pump out massive loads of CRAP.
Chatcrap? Often inaccurate, if not flat out wrong, and most people trust it without fact checking because people are either too lazy or have never been taught how to responsibly search for information.
AI generated images that "don't cost you anything"? Wrong- you are paying for them- in utilities, in taxes, in the destruction of the very planet that you live on and whose health is much more vital to your continued existence than that gone in a moment image. If you aren't willing to put in the work yourself to create it or pay a person who has worked to develop the skills to create it for you, you don't need it that bad. And on that note- every image that "doesn't cost you anything" costs an artist who does this for a living income while subjecting them to the same unseen costs as you- so they are getting hit twice.
People are being forced out of their homes, either because their land is being seized (and yes, I consider being pressured into selling even for market value though they often get far less, or under the table trading of land that was granted for other purposes to use as a building site, as seizure), or because the location is uninhabitable after the facility has been built. Which leaves them with a home that now often has no market value and limited relocation options for a move that they did not want to make in the first place.
Right I now, I stand against AI.
Will I ever support a broad use of AI? Possibly. But at a minimum I want documented, long span research solutions and proof where:
1. The heat exhaust issue is resolved
2. The water use issue is resolved
3. The individuals or businesses owning and operating these facilities have to pay their own power usage like any other business. They use it, they need to pay for the maintenance and use of it like everyone else.
Until then if one is proposed anywhere near me, all anyone is going to get from me is a steadfast refusal.
