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3. I completely agree.

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Sun Jun 21, 2026, 03:26 AM

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You could no more stop AI than you could keep the caveman from using the rock as hammer...

Peace.

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So what's so bad about using AI any way? [View all] werdna Yesterday OP

A.i is here to stay Matthew28 Yesterday #1

I completely agree. cayugafalls Yesterday #3

AI would be easy to stop Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #15

Sure, that will happen. Srkdqltr Yesterday #45

Communities are rising up across the nation in nonpartisan opposition to data centers Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #47

Post removed Post removed Yesterday #51

The headlines say Elon wants to put the data centers in space, at our expense, and for his profit. Intractable Yesterday #54

Where would the electricity come from? JustABozoOnThisBus 21 hrs ago #64

I don't want to side with Elon here, but your concerns don't seem realistic. Intractable 20 hrs ago #65

Or unending wars. Boomerproud Yesterday #18

Using AI requires unquestioning trust and a suspension of critical thinking. Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #16

Have you ever actually used AI? Llewlladdwr Yesterday #53

Your experience of the utility of AI is comparable to the utility of Macro commands, data merges and scripts Fiendish Thingy 23 hrs ago #56

Automobile culture is still destroying the natural world as we knew it... hunter Yesterday #49

Agree. MorbidButterflyTat 22 hrs ago #57

I wrote a paper 35 years ago called the Technology Rock... cayugafalls Yesterday #2

This 👆 Roy Rolling Yesterday #8

Currently blubunyip Yesterday #44

the problem with AI is separating fact from fiction and knowing what is real vs fake msongs Yesterday #4

That's not an AI probem ThreeNoSeep Yesterday #6

It's an AI problem because generative AI hallucinates and is a pretense of intelligence, a fancy autocomplete highplainsdem Yesterday #24

This! SheltieLover 22 hrs ago #61

All of the GNP is data centers. Blue Full Moon Yesterday #5

Interesting theme DFW Yesterday #7

never used it, and feel no attraction to do so ShepKat Yesterday #9

Hate to break this to you... Llewlladdwr Yesterday #55

well aware, thanks :) ShepKat 20 hrs ago #66

Thank you! I saw an interview with a former AI developer Scrivener7 Yesterday #10

"I read about an AI agent which bought itself a robot so it could interact in the physical world" Polybius Yesterday #12

You think? How about the experiment they did a couple of months ago where they Scrivener7 Yesterday #20

"I'm Sorry Dave, I'm Afraid I Can't Do That" PatSeg Yesterday #28

Ah. Skynet. orthoclad Yesterday #27

I'm reminded of a certain AI that was placed in an miniature car sakabatou Yesterday #29

Reminds me of the Bruce Willis/Rosamund Pike flick, "Surrogates" MorbidButterflyTat 22 hrs ago #60

I think DU is much more anti-AI then the general population Polybius Yesterday #11

I guess you've missed the recent news stories about how much younger people dislike genAI. highplainsdem Yesterday #21

I've encountered fierce opposition to AI PatSeg Yesterday #32

My 40 year old loves it. He has lots of fun with it. LeftInTX Yesterday #38

Gen Z does not generally favor AI GenThePerservering Yesterday #40

From Futurism today: Americans Have Turned Against AI in Incredible Numbers highplainsdem Yesterday #42

I'm not as sure about that. BannonsLiver 22 hrs ago #62

After you work all day talking to an algorithm, will it still remember to pick up milk? Emile Yesterday #13

AI destroys critical thinking and makes the whole world dumber and more pliable for the oligarchs. Nt Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #14

And the data centers are accellerating the destruction Bettie Yesterday #17

Any true artist can tell you misanthrope Yesterday #48

Bookmarking! Drum Yesterday #19

Re DUers posting and sometimes creating AI images - it makes DU look much less liberal than it should highplainsdem Yesterday #22

STOLEN intellectual property orthoclad Yesterday #26

Btw, thanks for posting those links, werdna! Important info there. highplainsdem Yesterday #23

You're welcome! n/t werdna Yesterday #39

AI wastes huge amounts of electricity and water orthoclad Yesterday #25

Nah Cosmocat Yesterday #30

There is evidence that AI killed those Iranian schoolgirls. orthoclad Yesterday #31

I've been waiting for this sort of story. First thing I thought when I heard about the school bombing. nt LAS14 22 hrs ago #59

Well, as I said in another post, orthoclad 22 hrs ago #63

Oh, for sure. The responsibility lies with whoever authorized the use of AI, if anyone did. nt LAS14 20 hrs ago #67

There was definitely a human behind the missile - orthoclad 16 hrs ago #69

Whether it'll be good or bad is for the future. 3825-87867 Yesterday #33

I have found AI to be an efficient and effective tool anciano Yesterday #34

The world is not ready for AI Smilo Yesterday #35

The dangers far outweigh the benefits Ponietz Yesterday #36

AI is a tool, for now. Someday, we might need to shut it off. louis-t Yesterday #37

Some day all those people who need AI GenThePerservering Yesterday #41

Thank you all - werdna Yesterday #43

Are we cool with those now in control of AI? blubunyip Yesterday #46

The printing press will be the END of civilization!!! WarGamer Yesterday #50

Keep feeding disinformation to AI bucolic_frolic Yesterday #52

How can you tell when an image is AI generated? nt LAS14 22 hrs ago #58

We still need to know how to think. hamsterjill 19 hrs ago #68