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More AI -- Just another tool (Original Post) Munu 13 hrs ago OP
A.i Matthew28 13 hrs ago #1
Just no! Very narrow view there. NoRethugFriends 13 hrs ago #3
You forgot about the massive piles of highly toxic coal ash misanthrope 7 hrs ago #6
Too many bad things about AI to list NoRethugFriends 1 hr ago #9
We already have the capacity and intelligence to "improve the world" harumph 10 hrs ago #5
I guess it's OK if you're Chucky NJCher 13 hrs ago #2
Ah yes ... a Computer Rendered Artificial Portrait dweller 13 hrs ago #4
You didn't say canetoad 7 hrs ago #7
Somebody is not getting the joke. Munu 2 hrs ago #8

Matthew28

(1,882 posts)
1. A.i
Sat May 9, 2026, 09:21 PM
13 hrs ago

A.i is a tool and it does do great things. It is an advancement in tech like the engine, factory, and computer.

We can use it to help people and to improve the world if done right.

NoRethugFriends

(3,774 posts)
3. Just no! Very narrow view there.
Sat May 9, 2026, 09:32 PM
13 hrs ago

Tell it to all the people losing jobs.
And of course
AI significantly impacts the environment through massive energy consumption, high water usage for cooling data centers, and increased electronic waste (e-waste). Training and running AI models, particularly generative AI, requires vast amounts of electricity, largely sourced from fossil fuels, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions.

misanthrope

(9,605 posts)
6. You forgot about the massive piles of highly toxic coal ash
Sun May 10, 2026, 03:17 AM
7 hrs ago

produced by those electricity plants.

harumph

(3,384 posts)
5. We already have the capacity and intelligence to "improve the world"
Sun May 10, 2026, 12:16 AM
10 hrs ago

But the assholes in charge don't want that. You know, the same assholes that own AI. You think AI will restore funding to
USAID? You think AI will not shovel the shit its owner class wants shoveled. You don't think AI will heavily curate the information
it provides you or models for you at the behest of the same owner class? I've got a bridge to sell - you interested?

dweller

(28,631 posts)
4. Ah yes ... a Computer Rendered Artificial Portrait
Sat May 9, 2026, 09:41 PM
13 hrs ago

or CRAP as it’s known to the rest of us

😐


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canetoad

(20,953 posts)
7. You didn't say
Sun May 10, 2026, 03:26 AM
7 hrs ago

What you thought of the AI restoration. After loading it in Photoshop with increased unsharp mask, the AI version looks like a demented, redheaded troll with lunatic eyes.

Now, if that's how you looked as a kid, all well and good. Otherwise, total, abject failure.

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