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[–] PepperoniNipple@lazysoci.al 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You are silently killing millions of innocent workers and artists for using AI just to generate slop. Beef does not, even if your argument is "methane, global warming," AI is still killing more and at a faster pace. You are morally inferior, deplorable, abhorrent and repulsive for all the support you're showing to AI. Are you just fucking lazy and so uncreative or what? Cannot do shit the hard way anymore, eh?

People who don't mind getting artists and workers replaced with AI are not people nor humans anymore.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Beef kills a lot of people, actually. People who work in slaughterhouses have higher rates of suicide, addiction, overdose, etc.

[–] PepperoniNipple@lazysoci.al 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Beef is so close to being artificial. There are already high-end restaurants in Spain and I think Israel (ew) serving Plant-Based 3D-Printed Patties and/or Lab-Grown 3D-Bio Printing, which is the closest to real animal meat, without having to kill or pollute. They say it tastes the same, and has the same nutrition value.

And in just 5 years AI has managed to surpass that impact at a global scale. Not only with those who work at beef, but pretty much almost any job, like teachers, translators, proofreaders, junior journalists, transcriptionists, writers, product description writers, musicians, painters, software engineers, office jobs, customer service/support; including those you think they wouldn't replace, like plumbers, electricians, actors, everyone who used to work at say, an ad for any company, like Coke's scandal with the Christmas AI ad they made, those workers and actors are gone now.

Wait, there are more that deserve to be mentioned: 3D Artists, Graphic Designers, Logo Designers, Web Developers, Photo Editors, Video Editors, Voice Actors, Bookkeepers, Payroll Clerks, Waiters and Clerks, Legal Assistants, Contract Reviewers, HR assistants, Recruiters, so many researchers have been let go... I'd never end this list. Just wait until AI spreads more and you start to see more people without nothing to lose.

These will keep increasing. The more companies adopt AI without creating jobs or giving those fired employees an alternative to do and make money anymore, the more people will die in silence. You will maybe only wake up once it happens to someone close to you. It already happened to someone close to me, who couldn't make it anymore because AI made it so hard and miserable. It's especially harder here in Mexico, we have less opportunities, and the fact AI took many of those few opportunities away, it made things worse. Most Americans live paycheck to paycheck. You might look at suicide rates in the USA and see they are currently decreasing by like 3 or 4%, but that's because Covid hit people too hard. AI will be a little slower, but it will be steady and consistent. Just give it time.

AI is here to stay forever and keep replacing workers and artists without creating new jobs. It is going to kill way more people through depression, poverty and loss of purpose in life more than the beef industry ever has in its entire existence. AI companies are currently burning books. Just like you don't own physical game discs anymore, soon you won't own your PC either, they will make everything a cloud-based subscription, a monitor that connects to their servers. They are setting up the gatekeeping of knowledge. AI needs regulation ASAP.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Beef is not close to being artificial, this is marketing designed to trick you into eating beef.

AI also is not close to actually replacing jobs. It's being used for labor intensification, those people still have jobs but now on top of their old job they have to also wrestle with the shitty AI to try and make it useful. The idea that AI is going to replace labor is also marketing, designed to trick investors who dream of the day they won't ever have to pay anyone or negotiate with unions. There will be a point where it can, but the LLMs can't, and they never will, and as soon as we stop pretending the bubble will pop.

On both accounts you're just regurgitating the marketing you have been fed.

[–] PepperoniNipple@lazysoci.al 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

How exactly is replacing beef with artificial beef marketing for eating beef? The technology is brand new, it still needs time before expanding. It will replace the need to have animals in cages. We will be able to grown our own in labs that do not hurt any more animals or create pollution.

And how can you say AI is not replacing jobs with the constant waves of layoffs people are constantly seeing everyday? The most recent one being Windows/Microsoft (https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/07/06/the-latest-in-our-company-transformation/)

"Today we are eliminating around 4,800 roles, about 2.1% of our global workforce..." "I also want to be direct that the roles eliminated today are not being replaced by AI. At the same time, what is true is that AI is changing how work gets done..." Sure. Subtle contradiction. "Second, we will do this thoughtfully.  As mentioned above, we are working on alternative solutions to job eliminations, and beyond this, we will continue to invest in equipping employees with new skills, including in AI..."

No wonder one of their most recent updates bricked so many hard drives.

So many people consult AIs instead of their local doctors, therapists, plumbers, electricians or whatever. So many people subscribe to an artist's Patreon, download or screenshot their art, to feed it to an LLM to have an endless supply of their product, without having to pay them a monthly fee anymore. 3D artists lost so much work. With AI, you can replace hundreds of them and only use a few who will dedicate their time to cleaning and polishing the meshes AI outputs. Not having to do that from scratch removed the need for so many artists. Problem is, those artists who get fired are not getting a job as easy anymore, or a salary that reflects their true worth. These are just a few small examples. Why are you saying this is not happening?