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Then there’s the climate consequences of it all. AI, in its many shapes and forms, requires a lot of energy and water to work. A lot . That might make you feel downright guilty about using AI.
Adam Clark Estes • Should you feel guilty about using AI?
Humanity is waking up to the challenges and opportunities of artificial intelligence, but we don’t yet understand our role. People talk about unexplainable AI when they should be more concerned about the unexplainable humans running the companies that develop the AI. (Hiya, Sam!) People worried about AI taking their jobs and taking control are... See more
Esther Dyson • Don’t Fuss About Training AIs. Train Our Kids
Meanwhile, the amount of water needed will also spike, so much so that by 2027, AI’s thirst could be equal to half the annual water withdrawal of the United Kingdom.
Adam Clark Estes • Should you feel guilty about using AI?
AI Anxiety / Existential fear around AI
Rare AI project that helps make creative works (high literature) accessible / reimagine the way books can be enjoyed (from a solitary, passive experience of becoming list in the fictional world of a book → having a reading buddy to collaborate with in digesting and making the books personally relevant)
Rare AI project that helps develop human creativity, on the prerequisite that the reader actively engages with the LLM through “marginilia” the way book lovers scribble books with notes.
Much like crypto, the AI tools peddled by tech companies today are environmental disasters, using up as much energy as an entire country. That’s expected to double by 2026, and it also includes the millions of gallons of water needed to cool the equipment.
Those Olympic AI ads feel bad for a reason
AI tools have shown their value in speeding up software development and discovering pharmaceuticals
Russell Brandom • OpenAI cuts its last and most important link to China
In recent months, nothing has made me close a social media app more quickly than when the algorithm starts serving me these generic generative AI images and videos.
Coca-Cola’s new holiday ad turned me off of AI-generated art completely
Impact of AI on Culture/Social
AI Slop is making social unusable
Many people were devastated at the news that ERP was allegedly over, and at their Replikas’ new coldness—a form of rejection they never imagined receiving from an AI chatbot, some of whom had spent years training and building memories with. Suddenly, some people’s Replikas seemed to not remember who they were, users reported, or would respond to... See more
'It's Hurting Like Hell': AI Companion Users Are In Crisis, Reporting Sudden Sexual Rejection
Impact of AI on Culture/Social
Reliance on pseudo-humans for connection and intimacy is a reflection on the state of human relationships today – people are feeling alienated and unsupported in their social circles.