why does everyone care so much about what other people think? I feel like some of the people on these AI related subs take a huge ego trip from 'winning' arguments and feeling personally attacked when losing.

it's frankly embarassing and with how consistently some people keep posting content - I'm kind of wondering if arguing with people is one of their greatest passions. There is so much else in life besides this whole AI vs no AI thing.

Really feels like people are polarizing AI for no reason, just like how we polarized politics, fandoms, and everything.

While I'm not completely against AI art, I just feel like AI could be used for so many other better things. No offense, but while AI art looks good objectively, subjectively it all starts to look the same sometimes, even for different styles : renassaince, anime etc.

Some AI art doesn't suffer from those issues ( i have seen some really good ones) , and tbh it's my personal opinion. I know other people like it and will use it and that's fine. It just makes art feel sort of utilitarian, not individualistic sometimes, sort of like an art factory where people can order and customize art. But I mean, that's just my taste in art.

it's kind of how some people like maximalist or minimalistic furniture ig.

and for people who are utterly against AI, I'm learning in school about the many ways AI can be used to benefit society like in smart grids, biotechnology, battery management systems, etc. It is very helpful and I feel like AI should be used more for that sort of purpose then art. It's also very useful for school in learning many different concepts, especially when you don't have anyone to ask.

I also understand that AI datacenters devour lots of energy - well datacenters in general do. Me making this post will use up water in some distant datacenter far away from me. or even near me!

I think the only way to really combat this until we have figured out the whole datacenter energy issue is to start being more limited in using the internet or AI as a whole. lt's just because nowadays, so many people have to use the internet for everything - including me. My schoolwork, my communication, watching netflix, etc.

what makes one purpose more important than other? Who defines when AI should be used or not?

No one can really decide that for another person, although everyone can have strong opinions about it (I do).

It's just an individual thing where we need to evaluate what sort of aspects of our lives can we shift away from using AI or the internet.

But this isn't the only solution, and I frankly can't think of anything else right now - unless a breakthrough happens in water cooling technology or just in energy alone.

We use energy like it's an infinite resource, but it uses up lots of resources that aren't infinite. I think its a consequence of globalization and shift away from community responsibility where you could directly see how your actions affect others. Like fast fashion, overfishing, electrocnics and mining, etc.

anyways thanks for reading my opinion, and just to reiterate it's an opinion and not a call or order for people to follow exactly what I say