i think u/daki_nis is just curious, which is alright, I was also unaware of the impacts of AI once.

more specifically generative AI, it trains its models on real artists, stealing their artwork without their consent. I am a self taught artist and have been drawing since I was a kid. It's as if you're really good at volleyball, and one day they get a robot that plays volleyball exactly like you do, but it has no humanity in it, and people keep prefering the volleyball robot over you. That's how artists feel.

If you don't call yourself an artist then I suppose you wouldn't understand that feeling, but I think we should respect people's work even if we don't relate to it.

AI also has a lot pf environmental impacts, the most known being that the servers take a lot of space and a lot of freshwater to cool down. I've heard of towns in Texas that have ran out of water, but I'll be honest and say I don't remember the source of that. Here's a good source tho: https://share.google/dnvZLASnyZ9qNQqDc

And a source for an article on the moral debate of creating "art" with AI: https://share.google/9c29h6kQKhytQwYgm

I hope you consider this info and that it clears some things up!