let's make something clear about ai

the "destroying the environment" thing isnt the main issue (although a big one). the environmental issue with ai is data centers being put in remote towns and areas like utah which eradicate the amount of water used there for your gemini ai prompts. another issue is how people invest in ai and the amount of money it gains from you supporting it. everyone here uses things like X, Instagram, Facebook which are AI Centered platforms now with Meta & Elon taking over. if you wanna keep feeding the top 1% go ahead but you might as well just comission an artist or take a fucking procreate art class with the 19$ you spend monthly on it instead. the main issue with generative ai that i have personally is how it takes things from artists and people contributing to that. it really isnt that hard for your masterchef game to just use images off google. we dont need to put all of those images into a slop machine that churns something out and the effects putting images into those machines have. a great article ive read states "when ai generated art enters the market, consumers win & artists lose". if you dont care about any of these things thats literally fine, i'm not gonna try to change you because i cant, you can only change yourself. but dont be shocked when the people you side eye for criticizing you for it side eye you back. this isnt direct shade towards anyone but i just wanted to put this out because of the things on blogs recently! sources below i've read before hand that i know are reliable! https://www.abc4.com/news/digital-exclusives/what-to-know-data-center-plans-utah/ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/mr-wonderful-utah-stratos-data-center-shark-tank/ https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/ai-has-environmental-problem-heres-what-world-can-do-about https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/when-ai-generated-art-enters-market-consumers-win-artists-lose