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[–] Canopyflyer@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

The technology is way too resource intensive for the benefit it gives. By resource, I mean environmental and technological. Have you seen the prices of DDR5 RAM? Microsoft is actually working to bring TMI 1 back online. TMI = Three Mile Island as in a full sized nuclear reactor that has been retired from service since 2019. The only reason why they are not bringing TMI2 back online is because IF F$%KING MELTED DOWN IN 1979.

Add to that Micron exited the consumer market to provide memory to the AI market only... What the actual F#$k?

Now the bubble has formed and the people that shoved tens of billions into it are trying to fill that bubble by any means necessary. Which means the entire population of this country are constantly bombarded by it for purposes it is ill suited to.

When, not if, this bubble pops it's going to be a wild ride.

[–] Nangijala@feddit.dk 4 points 14 hours ago

Lol. For me I just get impatient with AI. Most of the time the things I tried to use it for, it either couldn't do, did poorly or did wrong. It was simply easier for me to do the shit myself instead of burning the planet by doing 50 prompts to get one useful result.

I tried it, learned about the environmental costs and then I stopped using it. The only thing its good for is for super basic bitch translations like that one time I didn't know what a particular mathematical formular was like in English and I couldn't find an answer after searching manually for awhile.

That's the only time AI was helpful to me.

And honestly, I just don't trust that is can help me with what I need it for 99% of the time because it just makes shit up constantly. I can't justify using this tool when the only useful result I ever gave me was the correct way to say a mathematical formulae in English. That is just too fucking weak. I am much better at looking for answers myself, writing and drawing things than any AI will ever be because I know what the fuck I want and I can make it myself while the AI has no idea what it's doing and only looks good to people who has zero reading comprehension nor visual literacy.

Like, I think AI music can be pretty good but I'm also a musical retard and I have no idea how to listen to music like a real musician, so to me it sounds good, but to someone who knows what they are doing, I'm sure AI music sounds like ass.

That's me with AI writing and artwork.

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

I don't hate it, but my personal experience has been that it's not reliable enough to depend on. I don't like that it's being pushed on us so hard when it will routinely let us down.

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 9 hours ago

Because it's everywhere and I'm tired of people trying to make me try it.

The Slop Sketch (with apologies to Monty Python)Scene: A cafe. One table is occupied by a group of Vikings with horned helmets on. A man and his wife enter.

Man (Eric Idle): You sit here, dear.

Wife (Graham Chapman in drag): All right.

Man (to Waitress): Morning!

Waitress (Terry Jones, in drag as a bit of a rat-bag): Morning!

Man: Well, what've you got?

Waitress: Well, there's egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and slop; egg bacon and slop; egg bacon sausage and slop; slop bacon sausage and slop; slop egg slop slop bacon and slop; slop sausage slop slop bacon slop tomato and slop;

Vikings (starting to chant): Slop slop slop slop...

Waitress: ...slop slop slop egg and slop; slop slop slop slop slop slop baked beans slop slop slop...

Vikings (singing): Lovely slop! Lovely slop!

Waitress: ...or Lobster Thermidor aux crevettes with a Mornay sauce served in a Provençale manner with shallots and aubergines, garnished with truffle pâté, brandy and a fried egg on top and slop.

Wife: Have you got anything without slop?

Waitress: Well, there's slop egg sausage and slop, that's not got much slop in it.

Wife: I don't want ANY slop!

Man: Why can't she have egg bacon slop and sausage?

Wife: THAT'S got slop in it!

Man: Hasn't got as much slop in it as slop egg sausage and slop, has it?

Vikings: Slop slop slop slop (crescendo through next few lines)

Wife: Could you do the egg bacon slop and sausage without the slop then?

Waitress: Urgghh!

Wife: What do you mean ‘Urgghh'? I don't like slop!

Vikings: Lovely slop! Wonderful slop!

Waitress: Shut up!

Vikings: Lovely slop! Wonderful slop!

Waitress: Shut up! (Vikings stop) Bloody Vikings! You can't have egg bacon slop and sausage without the slop.

Wife (shrieks): I don't like slop!

Man: Sshh, dear, don't cause a fuss. I'll have your slop. I love it. I'm having slop slop slop slop slop slop slop baked beans slop slop slop and slop!

Vikings (singing): Slop slop slop slop. Lovely slop! Wonderful slop!

Waitress: Shut up!! Baked beans are off.

Man: Well could I have her slop instead of the baked beans then?

Waitress: You mean slop slop slop slop slop slop... (but it is too late and the Vikings drown her words)

Vikings: (singing elaborately) Slop slop slop slop. Lovely slop! Wonderful slop! Slop slo-o-o-o-o-op slop slo-o-o-o-o-op slop. Lovely slop! Lovely slop! Lovely slop! Lovely slop! Lovely slop! Slop, slop, slop, SLOOOOOOOOOOOP!

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I've seen it successfully perform exactly one task without causing more harm or crearing liability for the people using it:

Misinformation campaigns.

And thats exactly how the AI Companies are using to to grow exponentially, lying about its costs and its capabilities both.

It's weird that this is somehow an unpopular opinion these days but I don't like being lied to.

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