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Mel, I would warn about this. Enshittification. When there is no alternative to AI-what do those needing to monetise it do? Because make no mistake the investment in alternative energies and a different future evaporated when AI investment...

I do agree with the author's premise that enshittification can only be remedied by systemic solutions. We need to fix our broken profit-driven social system, globally, before it destroys the planet. Meanwhile, AI, despite being the scapegoat for...

Well, I take the stand that if we don't use it, it will not march on. "It's here to stay, so get onboard" is as much a marketing ploy as anything. If we don't stop using it, then who knows where it will go? And I mean that as a rhetorical...

Thanks for thé vote of confidence, LJ. No matter what, I am all for healthy debate.

Last year, training one ChatGPT LLM used over 120 times an average homes' annual use, and cooling the data storage centre used millions of litres of water, and I haven't even mentioned carbon footprint, electronic waste and rare mineral demand...

Totally this! Truly? I can see this. Too scary. Yet another way to destroy the planet by greedy selfish twats.

I don't use AI for writing, but I have no choice but to use it in my day job. I, like many others, have mixed feelings about this. If you live in England, your GP surgery will have been using AI to triage and book appointments since October 1st...

Imagination is intelligence with an erection. Victor Hugo

The Song of Bert and Harry: Sugar by Michael James Treacy Potentially Dangerous to Health Bert and Harry were walking along Main Street on a wet and miserable morning in late November. Both were wrapped in winter coats to keep out the cold...

That's really interesting, Sarit. I imagine you must be pretty tech-savvy to train your own AI. Do you customize an existing chatbot or create your own? Do you have to pay for the service? I know my daughter uses a paid version of ChatGPT in her...

I use AI for research, marketing and creating promo vids. I tested it for editing and it was atrocious. I decided to create my own AI Sarit that I will train on all my own writing/photos/docs so it will be my private assistant.

Totally this! Truly? I can see this. Too scary. Yet another way to destroy the planet by greedy selfish twats.

Last year, training one ChatGPT LLM used over 120 times an average homes' annual use, and cooling the data storage centre used millions of litres of water, and I haven't even mentioned carbon footprint, electronic waste and rare mineral demand...

Totally this! Truly? I can see this. Too scary. Yet another way to destroy the planet by greedy selfish twats.

Last year, training one ChatGPT LLM used over 120 times an average homes' annual use, and cooling the data storage centre used millions of litres of water, and I haven't even mentioned carbon footprint, electronic waste and rare mineral demand...