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i use samsung. in the past, when i'd look at things i needed to translate that i couldn't easily copy, i'd just be able to swipe up and use regular google translate (which obviously comes with its fair share of issues yadda yadda, just not to the extent of ai). now, i can't do that, since when i do that, this stupid and as far as i'm aware, mandatory app pops up. i don't need to go through an intermediate step to consult some ai named "gemini" (which, honestly, ais don't need names nor do they deserve it; humanization of ai is very funny and moreover tragic to me. why are you calling chatgpt "chat". it's not a living thing and will never be) in order to translate it. in fact, to avoid it, now i'm going the longer route just to use google lens and then translating it like i used to. i hate how much of an inconvenience ai is to anyone with a moral compass who hates using it. just the energy cost should be enough to dissuade people from using it. seriously. 60% of the bees in america have died this year alone and that spells nothing good for the ecosystems given how crucial they are as keystone species. sure, colony collapse disorder doesn't have a named cause yet, but i don't think it takes any genius to make a correlation between ai's extreme energy usage and the speeding of climate change, which definitely has an effect on the bees.
but, i mean, i think expecting people to be empathetic (said pointedly. i hate the resurgence of the r-slur. is that really needed? just say someone's stupid and get on with your life. no need for that language) or even to experience biophilia now is hopeless. whenever i tell people, and i try to, that all this generative ai trash has such a terrible impact on the environment, they shrug it off since it's easier to use it. what good is a tool whose only two apparent functions are to promote the disregard of the arts in popular culture and that rewards those too lazy to develop their own skills? i hate it all, i hate the studio ghibli trend (the creator would actually hate all of those who use it, by the way), i hate the reliance on chatgpt to do things that people should be able to do themselves. goodness. it's actually so frustrating and makes me despair. i know that ages from now, and i'd say a century if i was confident that we'd get there without totally ruining the environment beyond what we've already done, that it'll be laughable to look back on what we do right now, with all this microplastic consumption and all of this careless ai usage. it'll be ridiculous retrospectively, but of course, it's everywhere you look right now. when people say things like chatgpt saving them, when people use chatgpt to do their research or to do their homework, when people use chatgpt as a therapist, i just have instantly lowered respect for them.
anyway, yeah. i hate gemini and hate being forced to evade something i should be able to opt out of (seriously, why isn't turning the stupid ai overview off a choice yet?). i hate all these big corporations pushing ai more than i do their users. i can logically understand the appeal even though i personally would never be caught dead using generative ai in my life. i fault them, but these big corporations screwing over the environment for the sake of a tool that's soulless and just a mere parasite feeding on empty calories to spew all of these incorrect answers back at you are the most despicable ones in this equation. you don't see greta thunberg around much anymore online although she was once the media's darling since she's realized what most people who genuinely care about the environment do: that capitalism cannot coexist with the safety and wellbeing of the environment.
but, i mean, i think expecting people to be empathetic (said pointedly. i hate the resurgence of the r-slur. is that really needed? just say someone's stupid and get on with your life. no need for that language) or even to experience biophilia now is hopeless. whenever i tell people, and i try to, that all this generative ai trash has such a terrible impact on the environment, they shrug it off since it's easier to use it. what good is a tool whose only two apparent functions are to promote the disregard of the arts in popular culture and that rewards those too lazy to develop their own skills? i hate it all, i hate the studio ghibli trend (the creator would actually hate all of those who use it, by the way), i hate the reliance on chatgpt to do things that people should be able to do themselves. goodness. it's actually so frustrating and makes me despair. i know that ages from now, and i'd say a century if i was confident that we'd get there without totally ruining the environment beyond what we've already done, that it'll be laughable to look back on what we do right now, with all this microplastic consumption and all of this careless ai usage. it'll be ridiculous retrospectively, but of course, it's everywhere you look right now. when people say things like chatgpt saving them, when people use chatgpt to do their research or to do their homework, when people use chatgpt as a therapist, i just have instantly lowered respect for them.
anyway, yeah. i hate gemini and hate being forced to evade something i should be able to opt out of (seriously, why isn't turning the stupid ai overview off a choice yet?). i hate all these big corporations pushing ai more than i do their users. i can logically understand the appeal even though i personally would never be caught dead using generative ai in my life. i fault them, but these big corporations screwing over the environment for the sake of a tool that's soulless and just a mere parasite feeding on empty calories to spew all of these incorrect answers back at you are the most despicable ones in this equation. you don't see greta thunberg around much anymore online although she was once the media's darling since she's realized what most people who genuinely care about the environment do: that capitalism cannot coexist with the safety and wellbeing of the environment.