Creating a 5-second AI video is like running a microwave for an hour

"This report arrives at a time in which people are using generative AI for absolutely everything. Google announced at its annual I/O event that it's leaning into AI with fervor. Google Search, Gmail, Docs, and Meet are all seeing AI integrations. People are using AI to lead job interviews, create deepfakes of OnlyFans models, and cheat in college."

https://mashable.com/article/energy-ai-worse-than-we-thought

New MIT report reveals energy costs of AI tools like ChatGPT

That's a long time in the microwave.

Mashable

@gerrymcgovern

"I used AI to....", is nothing more than, "Listen I'm not an asshole but....", for the 21st Century.

#FuckAI

@ClintonAnderson @gerrymcgovern

If it is widely adopted - and by being built into everything it's already heading towards ubiquity - then it has the potential to become a real life Ministry of Truth; updating reality and inching towards newly fictitious histories in real time.