I don’t think it will make a difference in the grand scheme, I don’t downvote, of all the issues right now I don’t really care about AI very much. But there is a literal material cost to each use of AI and by not using it I am not contributing to that use of energy.

I’m saying we should think of the millions of people who barely survive every fucking day because of inequality and classism.

Yeah, opponents of AI do, it’s making that worse for everyone. Plenty of people can barely make ends meet and supplement that income with writing and art gigs. People that can afford better AI services for applying for jobs and writing resumes have an advantage. Companies that can afford the best AI will have an advantage over lower wealth companies. It’s inevitable but we can at least try not to prop up the services that are furthering this.

Obviously many of us have it better in the US than most of the world, that doesn’t mean we can’t complain if it’s actively getting worse and harder to live. I can’t get enough work, I don’t eat enough and struggle to afford rent, my family was homeless in the past. While it’s better here and I’m not getting bombed like many people are, it doesn’t mean people in the US aren’t struggling too. I am sad at the class warfare aspect of AI more than anything, it is being used by the wealthy to increase their power and wealth further, and in my view by using their services we are aiding their goals, even if minimally.

Well yeah but it’s funny to call me a neckbeard redditor when they’re being an asshole for no reason

I don’t disagree, tech continually makes work more efficient thus eliminating jobs, that’s a natural trend that won’t stop anytime soon. Sometimes the rollout can have avoidable harmful impacts though. Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin, said it was maybe a mistake because with the increased efficiency of cotton harvesting it actually increased slave-labor and the profit for slavers before slavery was abolished.

The solution to the issues arising from it is not banning new tech, but there are only so many things we can do right now to limit the ecological impact, one thing is limiting use of this tech until it can be done with less energy usage. It also right now primarily benefits state-aligned tech companies like OpenAI. I’m not opposed to the development of technology in general.

I don’t think it was a prominent feature when I joined, AI imagery in general wasn’t quite as popular or sophisticated at the time. And even if I disagree with that point, it’s not a deal breaker and db0 is still far better than many other instances.

It’s fine if people like it, it just gives me a gross and uncomfortable feeling when I see it and makes me sad that one of the first careers killed by AI could be illustrators.

Lol you’re the one instigating, you could have said nothing

Well it looks like a majority here agree with my fuckin sucky opinion so that’s cool at least

Good, AI art fucking sucks.

That is for 37mm foam that splits on the ground to spread at the crowd, they are primarily using 40mm foam rounds with a metal core, if you bounce it off the ground it can rotate and impact with the hard plastic backing, which is likely how the UK journalist who required calf surgery was injured. It’s specifically recommended not to bounce them but to aim near the naval, arms or legs.

Do you have the same concern for the thousands of children being held indefinitely in prisons by Israel? Why don’t those hostages deserve release?

They sell bulletproof backpacks in the US for children, not uncommonly. Body armor has been recommended for serious protesters for a while. In 2020 numerous average people were shot by right-wing opposition at protests.

The capitalists wanted it, and with influence on media and culture instilled it into us as the ideal. We are fighting to change it.

Thanks for mentioning them, my thoughts were apparently not fully engaged yet when I posted, and originally said ‘Socialist Rifle Club’, my brain combined them into one

You are wrong, people are pissed and are willing to show it. Have you never felt serious about something in your life? He didn’t initiate the violence, the raids in his community from masked fascist goon squads started the violence. He is defending the people.

NRA obviously isn’t going to help us, but your local Socialist Rifle Association would be more amenable to resisting tyranny. If there is no chapter in your area get some like minded friends together and start one.

Edit: How could I forget your local John Brown Gun Club, good number of chapters around the country and they will be comrades.

Well when we fought the original Nazis it wasn’t limited to the officers and leadership.

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While definitely not the same level of violence of that, during the protests in 2020, I never saw the police riot and assault the group when there were armed civilian guards. Even five or so out 100+ people was enough to give the cops pause.