A couple years ago, when MidJourney became all the craze, I fell into the trap of producing high quality, if not sometimes bizarre, anime art. I was curious to see what it would smash together to create. And I used AI because I don't have the skill to crank out what I see in my imagination onto paper or computer screen-- I have the tools, but not the time, because I live in the United States, and I have to work just to survive, even though, I would much rather be using my daylight hours pursuing creative hobbies, such as drawing and writing. Anyway, I digress.
It's come to my recent attention that AI uses a crap ton of water, not to mention electricity, and of course, all those rare-earth elements that make up the graphics processors in order to calculate all of whatever the algorithms do. Also, don't forget that these resources are being taken, forcefully in some cases, from people all around the world by greedy, wealthy individuals who really don't need anything more for several dozens, if not hundreds, of lifetimes. But the use of AI is also unethical on a moral standpoint. AI is literally stealing the work of established artists, who dedicated hundreds, maybe thousands of hours toward practicing and refining their work, just to be scrapped off the Internet into a private database somewhere.
I do still use AI for brainstorming, only because I lack friends to bounce ideas off with, making sure my writing is more tightly written (I can't think of the word that begins with a C right now, and for outlining, only because it has the capability to scour the Internet much faster than I can. Hopefully, I'll correct these issues with this site, as we work to build an audience of like-minded people. And you'll still see the occasional AI avatar or whatever, only because of the vast collection of it I have on my hard drive from all the months of experimentation I did. I don't like to waste anything, even if it does seem to be my time that I'm constantly wasting.
Anyway, what are your thoughts on AI? I know this will probably be a heated topic, so please keep that in mind. I'm not looking to start World War IV.
It's come to my recent attention that AI uses a crap ton of water, not to mention electricity, and of course, all those rare-earth elements that make up the graphics processors in order to calculate all of whatever the algorithms do. Also, don't forget that these resources are being taken, forcefully in some cases, from people all around the world by greedy, wealthy individuals who really don't need anything more for several dozens, if not hundreds, of lifetimes. But the use of AI is also unethical on a moral standpoint. AI is literally stealing the work of established artists, who dedicated hundreds, maybe thousands of hours toward practicing and refining their work, just to be scrapped off the Internet into a private database somewhere.
I do still use AI for brainstorming, only because I lack friends to bounce ideas off with, making sure my writing is more tightly written (I can't think of the word that begins with a C right now, and for outlining, only because it has the capability to scour the Internet much faster than I can. Hopefully, I'll correct these issues with this site, as we work to build an audience of like-minded people. And you'll still see the occasional AI avatar or whatever, only because of the vast collection of it I have on my hard drive from all the months of experimentation I did. I don't like to waste anything, even if it does seem to be my time that I'm constantly wasting.
Anyway, what are your thoughts on AI? I know this will probably be a heated topic, so please keep that in mind. I'm not looking to start World War IV.
That being said, I've used it a few times, for things I don't intend to take credit for.
