I didn't expect College to be all about slavering over AI! But it is! It 100% is! Today's second photography class is all about Generative AI. If we were merely using it to remove unsightly things from a picture, I think I could handle it. I still think it's immoral, but I could bite my tongue. But we're gonna actually have to force the computer to generate a new image on it's own today, and I am not going to contribute to more AI slop images out there in this world! I'm protesting by refusing to do it. My dad can do it all for me, I guess. If we need the marks that badly, I'll let him do that. But I'm not going to do it!
AI artwork is so ugly anyways. I'm not saying that's the most important thing, but it's certainly the thing which made me hate AI art more than AI chatbots at first. At least the chatbots aren't sending chills up my spine with uncanny valley images. I've turned on both applications of AI now, of course. But I still hold a special hatred for AI art above all other things AI. It's just creepy.
I don't see why colleges are teaching this stuff. Photography class should not be all about AI tools! In High School photography class, I think we did touch on it. But if we did, we only used it to delete things. Never to create new things. Or if we did use it to create new things (covering all my bases because my memory is bad), I certainly felt wrong doing it. I still think it's wrong. I really, really don't like it. It's frustrating.
I have some other notes I want to write, too. But I had to pause my writing for all those other notes to dedicate something to ranting about how school being so big on AI now (when it was basically still something you could be penalized for in High School) makes me feel very uncomfortable. Add it to the long list of things that are making me wish I could simply go back to High School now. The AI stuff isn't the worst of it all, because I still find the inconsistency of every class and the inability for me to read is truly horrible. But the AI stuff certainly can be said to be just another problem in my list full of problems.
I'm genuinely considering protesting class by refusing to do the work. We'll see if I have the strength of will to actually do that, but the thought is super tempting. Because I find the AI stuff simply repugnant and repellant to deal with. It's unethical and repugnant and a waste of time. I want to actually have an argument with the teacher over this, although I suppose it's still possible he didn't make this lesson plan. But it's so hypocritical. They used to tell me never to plagiarize in my english classes, but now they want me to use AI to basically plagiarize in art/photography format! It's disgusting, if for the hypocrisy moreso than anything else.
Finally, I'm smelling awful perfume or cologne or something oozing off of another kid somewhere near me. I assume it's perfume or something. It's awful. I don't like it. But I'll try to deal with it and get through it, because I simply have no choice but to deal with it. But I'll try to come back and finish up my other notes later on tonight. I also have facial hair on the bottom of my lip/between my chin that really bothers me. I don't like it. I wish I didn't have freaking facial hair.
The teacher got upset about other kids using their phones, since I haven't been able to keep writing my other notes. But I refuse to do his AI work, and then I got distracted scaring myself by reading depressing articles about AI on wikipedia . So I gave in to fear mongering and I'm not nervous because of it. Gods freaking damn it. It makes sense I'd do this, but it wouldn't have had to happen if the teacher hadn't kept dwelling on this unethical AI schlock!
I hate to feel self righteous and arrogant, but these kids are all amazed by the art. The teacher sees nothing wrong with it. Even my dad is doing it! I know he's just doing it to get the passing marks, but still! Ethics must be maintained somewhere, especially when the fight against AI simply comes from not using it! I'm not using it! It's not like I'm even doing anything like what real activists do. I'm just choosing not to use a thing, and yet I feel judged for that. I fucking hate it.
