@mitsunee @alexia Kinda seems like you don't understand *why* people are against "AI" if you think that you're making a point there.

Machine learning itself is fine. Trying to pretend that chat bots, which are inherently and irredeemably unreliable, should be used to generate or access knowledge, or to write code or design systems, or to (frankly) do anything *where the quality or reliability of the end product matters* (which is *almost* everything!) is fucking stupid and 1/

@mitsunee @alexia *will* get people killed. It's grossly negligent to rely on these things for work or learning.

It's also dubious to use generative AI for generating "art." The output is smoothed-over, averaged-out shit that erases almost all of a person's individuality (which necessarily includes technical *inability*) from the piece. It's the opposite of intentional, personal communication. It's lazy, low-effort, low-information noise. And it's the product of the ruling class once again 2/

@mitsunee @alexia *stealing* from the rest of us.

On top of this, this "AI" is being used to further codify systemic biases and oppression, to expand fascist surveillance programs (witness Palantir's work), and to deflect responsibility when things predictably go wrong.

All the while consuming massive amounts of material and energy that we *cannot* afford to waste on this kind of bullshit.

Machine learning is *everywhere,* from simple neural networks in video games dating back to the 3/