What gives me the most hope for the future is hearing students boo at graduation ceremonies where AI is mentioned. If the kids don't adopt it, it's dead in the water.
#noai #tech #education
Yesterday I heard an absolute banger. Huge dopamine release. Today, I listened to the same song in a different setting and thought it sounded a bit off. Too flat, no sonic depth. Looked up the artist and found out it's fucking AI. I haven't felt so deceived, hopeless, and angry in a very long time. Since I can't trust my own ears anymore, I'll only be listening to my old record collection from now on. Fuck this shit.
#GenAI #Music #NoAI
#Report by the United Nations University quantifies, for the first time, the carbon, #water and land footprint of #AI. The figures are staggering : 945 TWh of electricity projected for 2030, 9.3 trillion litres of water, 14,500 km² of land.
Spoiler : It will take the water and electricity consumption of 1.3 billion people to meet your prompts by 2030
« ENVIRONMENTAL COST OF AI'S ENERGY USE - Carbon, Water & Land Footprints »
› https://collections.unu.edu/eserv/UNU:10647/UNU-INWEH-Report-The_Env_Cost_of_AI-2026.pdf (.pdf)
If you want to hire someone with a guarantee that they will not be using any AI in their work, let me know, I'm still available (and semi-looking).
More information on the types of work I'm looking for on my profile page pinned post
From Global News:
Grok AI broke Canada’s laws, created 6K sexual deepfakes per hour
"The investigation has found that X Corp and xAI violated Canada’s federal private sector privacy law by launching the Grok AI-powered image generation tool without implementing appropriate safeguards at the outset," privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne said in a press conference in Ottawa Thursday.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11899687/grok-sexual-deepfake-report/
Make sure to cancel apps that use Gen AI, and be vocal that that's why you're canceling.
I thought Qlango was an ethical alternative to Duolingo. But not only do they engage in Duolingo's shitty naggy notifications, they also give an "ask AI!" option, even when you answer a question correctly.
If you want to learn Japanese without supporting technofascism and destroying our dying planet, these are apps that are completely without "Gen AI" and will never nag you with notifications. I have months and years of experience to back that up:
Renshuu
MaruMori
WaniKani
Those are good apps. 👆🏻
These are bad apps. 👇🏻
Duolingo
Qlango
Bushuu
Share! #NoAI
From Global News:
Grok AI broke Canada’s laws, created 6K sexual deepfakes per hour
"The investigation has found that X Corp and xAI violated Canada’s federal private sector privacy law by launching the Grok AI-powered image generation tool without implementing appropriate safeguards at the outset," privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne said in a press conference in Ottawa Thursday.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11899687/grok-sexual-deepfake-report/
Make sure to cancel apps that use Gen AI, and be vocal that that's why you're canceling.
I thought Qlango was an ethical alternative to Duolingo. But not only do they engage in Duolingo's shitty naggy notifications, they also give an "ask AI!" option, even when you answer a question correctly.
If you want to learn Japanese without supporting technofascism and destroying our dying planet, these are apps that are completely without "Gen AI" and will never nag you with notifications. I have months and years of experience to back that up:
Renshuu
MaruMori
WaniKani
Those are good apps. 👆🏻
These are bad apps. 👇🏻
Duolingo
Qlango
Bushuu
Share! #NoAI