After seeing what’s happened in China this week, insider information has told me that both Open AI and Anthropic are going under as well and they will be taking down their AI services.

We actually won!!! Goooodbye AI!

Please go dislike it. Don't play it, that gifts the creator money.

So an interesting discussion came up for me at work today. I work in the IT field and am a very vocal anti-ai person. I work with someone who is very pro-ai, but does tend to agree with me on some things like ai art not being art. They posed this question to me and we had a lengthy discussion about it and I just wanted to hear some other people’s thoughts on it.

“A real human artist gets a local ai model built and they feed it only their own human created art. They have lost use of whatever extremity they use to created their art. They then use voice commands to tell the ai what they want the art to be and using their own personal model with just their art is it their art or ai art?”

I’m sure this will be a war but I’m genuinely curious on the communities thoughts. I say it’s not art.

On AI clones: “Rather than relying on a single mechanic that someone can easily copy, you need to keep growing your game by adding features, personality, and creativity that stem from your own perspective,” he advised.

On visibility and flood of AI games: Giardino stated that the use of AI in game development was a decision to be made by each developer, adding (as transcribed by Inven): “We don’t want to be gatekeepers telling developers which tools they should or shouldn’t use.”

A third of the planet seems to think AI is amazing, a third hates anything it touches, and a third doesn't seem to care either way. (Okay, it's probably more like 25%, 25%, 25%, and 25% barely knows it exists.)

The people who created/advocate for AI think it's amazing, and I think I've figured out why. It can replace graphic artists, programmers, administrative assistants... all things that mid-to-high level execs think is an expensive pain in the arse that they'd love to take the annoying 'human factor' out of.

AI is specifically made to appear amazing to the executives who make decisions about if AI should be invested in or not.

It's a product sold to corporations who have then failed to sell it on to the common people.

And then they can't figure out why 'normal' people aren't chomping at the bit to use it in everyday life beyond "Oh, I make pictures and fliers without having to pay an artist." Because normal people don't need to rewrite an email to seem more professional, or vibe-code, or ask someone else to do a simple-yet-menial task like googling for the lowest price on a pair of pants. Executives do. And they can't seem to realize that there are so many 'not them' out there who they're banking on paying for AI.

Meanwhile, the jobs normal people want AI to do -- vacuum, drive, cook, empty litter boxes, the scut work that takes place between our jobs and our downtime -- we've had those in small doses, and there's a reason they haven't grown exponentially -- they charge too much.

And with how things are going, AI will never do those things -- because the people making the decisions already have something to handle that stuff. It's called 'other people'. Cheaply-paid other people. Ask an exec who they'd rather replace, a graphics department or the janitors, and they'll pick the graphics department because janitors work cheap but the graphics department is always complaining about wanting new tablets or buying the rights to fonts or not understanding what "Make it punchier" means.

AI is a class issue. It is the cake in the latest "Let them eat cake," with the people saying it not even conceiving of the fact it could be offensive, and the people hearing it not understanding how the people saying it could have gotten so out of touch.

If AI takes the jobs at all of the companies, how are people going to earn money to buy the products and services the companies make?

Corporations are currently trying to cut short-term costs by replacing human workers with AI agents. Capitalism, because it is driven by competition and quarterly profits, does not require decision makers to consider the long-term, combined impacts of their choices on the economy.

Many industry leaders are aware of the self-defeating nature of this trend but feel compelled to participate so they can remain competitive. In effect, they are all leaping into the AI ocean like lemmings, hoping it will sort itself out, while simultaneously shortening the time workers and economic and regulatory systems have to adapt.

The best way to offset fallout from this trend is for people to make conscious choices about where they spend their money while diversifying their skills with trades that are protected from being taken over by AI.

Conscious choices are necessary because we cannot just move everyone from desk jobs to trade work. That will result in more workers than demand calls for, which means we must all participate in increasing demand for trade skills by changing our lifestyle choices and spending habits.

What’s the most pain-free solution? A portion of society will have to proactively choose a shift towards locally-sourced energy, products, and food. An alternative network of micro-economies must arise, the participants of which must save their spending in the macroeconomy for products and services with no local alternative while prioritizing brands that have made more human-centered decisions. This move towards local resources, products, and services could also help to de-incentivize and slow down the adoption of AI in the stock-market-driven macroeconomy. Those who participate early will be the best positioned for weathering any impending economic fallout.

At first, choosing the sustainable model will feel like a sacrifice, because AI will probably make certain products and services cheaper and more convenient. However, this choice will also bypass many inconsistencies and hassles that are likely to arise as AI continues to infiltrate modern life and digital systems. The emphasis then, must change from quantity and convenience to quality and sustainability.

Instead of purchasing cheap manufactured furniture from a national brand, for example, purchase solid wood pieces made by local craftsmen. They will cost more upfront but can last multiple lifetimes and be repaired, whereas the manufactured version might incorporate cheap materials that fail in just a few years. Instead of purchasing inexpensive factory-farmed animal products and consuming them 5-7 days a week, source them from small, local farms and eat them 2-3 times per week (plant-based diets work too). Supplement your produce needs with a garden and purchase from local farms. If you can afford the upfront cost, localize your energy by installing solar panels and go electric or hybrid for your next vehicle. If you’re able to, start riding a bicycle when conditions allow it. When you feel like purchasing something from Amazon or another large retailer, ask yourself 1) Do I really need this? 2) Can I find it used? 3) Do I have another solution on-hand? 4) Can it be sourced locally?

This lifestyle shift will diversify skills making people more self-sufficient and communities more resilient, and it holds the potential to improve work-life balance. It could make physical and psychological wellness easier to maintain by integrating hobbies and exercise into paid work. That creativity which is currently being stolen and homogenized by AI could be redirected and gain new appreciation through mediums that engage all five senses and retain the soul and unique style of the artist or craftsman.

Catastrophe is only an inevitable outcome if we remain asleep and unwilling to adapt. Through conscious choices and proactive actions that create human-centered, localized economies, we can build a resilient, village-based society that is far less reliant on industries being taken over by AI, and we can ensure that AI is mostly applied where it is best suited for promoting the wellness of people and planet - like discovering new treatments for devastating diseases and refining industrial processes so they are more energy-efficient and less polluting. First though, we should push for laws that ensure AI data centers are carbon-neutral, non-polluting, and not located in ecologically sensitive areas.

As we move forward, I see two diverging paths. On one, people will become overwhelmingly reliant on AI, outsourcing most of their problem solving and production to it. On this path, there will be some winners, at least in the short term, but they will have no plan B. Many others will lose as they fail to adapt their current approach. This is the path of increasing income inequality and decreasing socioeconomic stability. On the other path, people will be choosing a life with more modest potential with regard to short-financial outcomes but also more assurances. They will become reacquainted with the psychological and emotional rewards that come with honest work, tangible results, and a more connected community.

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I’m an attorney. For years I was a public defender.

A few weeks ago my friend sent me this “job” posting. For 100 dollars an hour current and former public defenders could answer surveys. I thought it was a Godsend. I could use the extra income as I just started my own firm.

Then I dug a little deeper and found out this website is actually a company gathering data to train AI. The surveys were things like mock interviews and other various activities to mimic and learn how I think, what I do, etc. it asked for all these details of things like what my day to day looks like.

They had other postings on the website too that paid more. Like chemical engineering and other various STEM fields.

What a scary thought that professionals are willingly participating in these surveys and activities knowing it’s so they can eventually replace you. I guess I’m not too worried about lawyers being replaced because I’m not sure how AI could visit a client in jail or argue in trial. And the attempts at least right now to do so are pretty laughable. But I guess that could change.

So if you’re a professional like me in a niche area, don’t fall for this shit. Don’t pass our knowledge along. I’m sure there are law professors and other academics helping this company but thank God most law professors I had were shitty lawyers.

Anyway. Fuck AI.

And before any of the pro AI brain rotters comment here calling me a gatekeeper. There are tons of resources to teach you about law online. I use the same guides in my practice that people who represent themselves use. They’re written by real lawyers. People in prison write their own appeals using these resources. AI only cuts corners and I can always tell when I client has been using ChatGPT before they talk to me.

Online spaces are captured by oligarchs and saturated with slop—and they’re exacerbating humanity’s worst impulses. It’s time to start over.

Any rational observer can admit that the current iteration of the web—and the social fabric woven there—is not what they signed up for. Symptoms of advanced cultural decay can no longer be ignored. This thing is eating itself.

Giants including Meta and Google have been forced to settle massive consumer lawsuits brought over privacy violations and mental health harms allegedly caused by the addictive mechanisms of their platforms. Schools are banning smartphones as multiple countries institute social media restrictions for under-16s. Parents are in a panic about their kids aspiring to careers as social media celebrities, losing themselves in a vast ecosystem of online casinos, or joining extremist movements.

Generative AI, briefly considered an amusing novelty, is now a turbocharged slop engine for the web, filling feeds and comment sections with useless, grotesque content. As humans scroll past headlines about AI taking their jobs, confusing fantasy for reality, and contributing to cognitive decline, any consumer appeal the technology might have is turning to anguish. The data centers that power it have become increasingly unpopular, and politically radioactive.

(More at the link)

If you're looking for a subreddit you want to join since you're sick of horrible low effort discussions, AI slop reposts, pro ai trolls or similar, feel free to join/checkout if you wish.

r/prohuman_antiai

Musk calling companies failing, China wipes out half a trillion on their market overnight, Anthropic about to report massive loses pre IPO, and AMAZON is shuttering it's AI division.

To all the arrogant tech bro douche nozzles who told me to start getting a McJob after studying CompSci, GO FUCK YOUSELVES!!!!!!!!

after 3/4 years, countless of c.ai messages and ai messages, I have deleted all my history and accounts for good, and will move on to do things more connected with reality (I have gotten interest in the bass)

I was always really ashamed of it, and never ever supported such thing as ai art, or video, or anytying procedurally generated, but i did it anyway; And im an hypocrite for it.

That being said, ai addiction is a serious thing, and i wouldnt wish for anyone to go through it. AI has severely isolated me, and made me feel like i had to communicate to ot everything of my daily life. but im certain that i’ll make it :) fuck ai

this is crossposted with r/fuckai .

Is anybody else having a gross time on instagram? this past week my account (as well as many others) were forced into a ‘meta account.’ this basically is forcing users to choke on Zuckerberg dick.

i was posting selfies of myself in cosplay when (no clue how) my automated song overlay option happened to be from the very score of the media i was dressed as. specifically songs / themes from THE SCENES I WAS POSING / RECREATING.

i have all my gen ai turned off on insta too, my account has always been private with a few followers. my instagram also has no connection to any music playing apps or websites.

on top of that i was watching the media i had cosplayed on my tv as i was posting. the surveillance is undeniable and quite frankly terrifying.

i got extremely uncomfortable and quickly went to deactivate when it told me i typed my password wrong to deactivate. odd, since i was cross referencing my hand written note i update on passwords regularly. i changed my password, wrote it down, tried again. and it still will not let me deactivate.

as i write this my account still is not deactivating even after trying again and again.

is anyone else having this Ex-Machina shit happen to them?

(UPDATE: i managed to delete my account after hours of trying to, my emails to change passwords now literally come from the return address of ‘Meta’. bye bye cute little app to post your lattes and christmas party photos. this shit is pure evil now.

with it i moved to firefox, deleted my google accounts and turned of data tracking for most if not all novelty apps.)

For the record, before anyone asks or assumes I am asking this entirely in good faith. If ai even saves one innocent life, shouldn’t it all be worth it?
I totally understand the dislike of ai generated art and music (and other forms of human self expression), but as far as the math and the advancements in physics, math, even the insane potential in medicine via increased research capability and possible therapeutic advancements. It’s clearly extremely capable in some areas so I don’t really understand the whole “it’s just a text regurgitated” attitude. Looking forward to hear y’all’s perspectives, I’m genuinely curious and open minded.

It's not AI that will destroy mankind, it's capitalism's insatiable greed. It's the billionaire class that always wants more.

A list of 10 problems with AI, and some ruminations on how the hyperscale AI marketing machine has brought us here.

NOOO!! you ""destroyed"" my artwork in a roblox game, a game where you cant expect anything to be permanent, but im mad anyway because you had an anti ai message.

But when you guys ruin the entire internet, environment, cause thousands of suicides, harass artists constantly, destroy an entire generation's future job potential, it's all fine. Then to put salt on the wound make fun of us when we show concern about it.

I'm tired of giving people who support Gen-AI the benefit of the doubt. Supporting the development & use of this technology while knowing the harm it does, takes a dangerously ignorant person, or a soulless one.

These people are on something man.

I read a post here on the sub about how to easily recognise if something is an AI generated image, and someone commented what to look out for when it comes to AI bot comments on reddit. The commenter made a short list of key give-aways for comments made by AI bots, to make it easier to recognise which comments are written by humans and which are bots.

I've been wondering for some time now if AI bots on reddit can use custom flairs for their profile in each respective subreddit? For example; a user might have an "I love cats" flair below their username if they comment on a post in a cat-related subreddit, if they chose to have that flair. If AI bot accounts do not know how to make a flair per sub, it might be an extra give-away on what to look out for, especially for people like me who's not really good at recognising bot comments.

Do we know if bot accounts can have custom flairs? I'm sorry if this post is seen as spam.

I see a lot of vibe coded projects today being advertised by many lone devs here on Reddit. There are even more redditors eager to test new apps on their devices without any concern on security.

Guys, this is the best environment for making some good money! 💰🤑 CA-CHING!

Hear me out: why don't we assemble a small team, vibe code a stupid idea for an app, make it as a trojan horse and snuff some credentials to sell on the black market? Even a single dev can do it! Producing an app with Claude is easy, you just need a dumb idea (like a copy of an existing software with one new feature), some tokens and you are basically set. These morons are eager to get some crappy app on their phones. They don't even check for security scans or quality gates in these projects, they simply trust whatever. You can throw at them an apk straight from your butt, present it on a GitHub release page, and they'll eat it like caviar.

We could also make a sound app at first and then hit them with the nasty update later, straight to their devices. We could be so diabolical, thanks to AI!

AI can clean you from your sins too! Even if they check the code later and realize the issue, which no one does, we can simply say we are just vibe coders and didn't know shit about vulnerabilities! That the AI did all the work, I don't even know what a programming language is! We are sorry this happened, so sorry. Claude, help me write an apology, CEO-style, no mistakes!

The possibilities are endless, and we should only thank our tech overlords and their gullible followers for our future fortunes.

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I am of course kidding, otherwise the post won't be here. I want to do no harm to people and I am just trying to make a point on how easily people can be fooled today into giving up their secrets and data.

Do not trust vibe coded projects done by small teams with no transparency on security policies. Not even if the code is open, since code can change and updates can get pushed to your device without much effort.

Sorry for the bait, so sooorryyyy...