Gaming on a pc worsens the climate crisis more than me once in a while using a local model.
$80bn for VR Miis that didn’t have legs until last year
$80bn for “We have VRChat at home”
So when googling icons and using them, do you take note of the source? I’ve come across many where the artist specifically says not to use the image in tabletops or rpgs or icons or profile pics. You’re directly disrespecting the author if you straight up use their image(s) in the tabletop against their wishes.
As for environemntally-destroying image generators, I only use local models I can run on my own pc. A microwave is 5x more environmentally impactful, and if I want generic_npc_worker_328, I take it as an artistic direction to ai generate a token of said generic_npc_worker_328…