Thursday, October 10, 2024

The only coral you'll ever see will be AI-generated

"AI is taking people's drinking water: New data centers are springing up every week. Can the Earth sustain them? Karen Hao, The Atlantic, March 1, 2024.

AI could pose ‘extinction-level’ threat to humans and the US must intervene, State Dept.-commissioned report warns, Matt Egan, CNN, March 12, 2024

Why would you walk through this portal? (I'm referring to the ridiculous ad below.) AI's enormous carbon footprint is making coral go extinct. If that happens, the only coral you'll ever see will be AI-generated. Just don't use Gen AI! Just don't.

ad for AI showing obviously AI-generated art with a pathway through coral and a circular portal at the end that you could walk through
Screenshot of an ad shown to me, 6 Oct 2024

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