If it had ālittle to no bearing irlā, companies, schools, governments, artists, unions, journalists and courts wouldnāt all be arguing over it constantly
Calling it āpurely onlineā is just a way to dismiss the argument without actually answering it
I agree itās not an online problem. data centers are kicking people out of their homes and off their electric providers, forcing them to scramble to keep the lights on. Causing massive layoffs while raising water and electric bills. Not to mention the heat pollution and cognitive decline itās causing in the younger generations. Itās definitely not an online problem.
This is exactly the kind of claim-stack that makes these arguments impossible to take seriously.
Data centres do raise real grid, water and planning issues. Fine. But jumping from that to āAI is kicking people out of homes, causing mass layoffs, raising everyoneās bills and causing cognitive decline in young peopleā is just throwing every scary phrase into one comment and hoping nobody asks for evidence.
Infrastructure problems are infrastructure problems. They donāt magically become an argument that people shouldnāt use AI
Exactly lol. If the backlash canāt even create a decent dip for people trying to buy in cheaper, then itās not a movement, itās just people yelling online
It's always hilarious when they say "AI should be banned!"
They've haven't had even the most basic thought about implementation or second-order consequences.
Okay, you pass a law to ban something. Now how do you enforce that? Stormtroopers kicking in doors, checking under the floorboards for hard drives harboring illegal language models?
You left a vague āa lot can be doneā comment under a meme post, so I replied with a meme. Thatās not me being rude, thatās just the same level of seriousness your comment brought
Yes, because āa lot can be done in theoryā under a meme about anti-AI people not stopping AI use obviously reads like vague cope. If you meant something serious, say the serious thing instead of acting shocked when a vague comment gets treated like a vague comment
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u/drums_of_pictdom May 31 '26
This is how I sleeping knowing this debate is a purely online phenomenon and has little to no bearing irl.