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More AI -- Just another tool (Original Post) Munu May 9 OP
A.i Matthew28 May 9 #1
Just no! Very narrow view there. NoRethugFriends May 9 #3
You forgot about the massive piles of highly toxic coal ash misanthrope May 10 #6
Too many bad things about AI to list NoRethugFriends May 10 #9
We already have the capacity and intelligence to "improve the world" harumph May 10 #5
I guess it's OK if you're Chucky NJCher May 9 #2
Ah yes ... a Computer Rendered Artificial Portrait dweller May 9 #4
You didn't say canetoad May 10 #7
Somebody is not getting the joke. Munu May 10 #8
Oh....my bad canetoad May 11 #10

Matthew28

(1,883 posts)
1. A.i
Sat May 9, 2026, 09:21 PM
May 9

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

(3,780 posts)
3. Just no! Very narrow view there.
Sat May 9, 2026, 09:32 PM
May 9

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

(9,627 posts)
6. You forgot about the massive piles of highly toxic coal ash
Sun May 10, 2026, 03:17 AM
May 10

produced by those electricity plants.

harumph

(3,415 posts)
5. We already have the capacity and intelligence to "improve the world"
Sun May 10, 2026, 12:16 AM
May 10

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

(28,673 posts)
4. Ah yes ... a Computer Rendered Artificial Portrait
Sat May 9, 2026, 09:41 PM
May 9

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

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canetoad

(21,021 posts)
7. You didn't say
Sun May 10, 2026, 03:26 AM
May 10

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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