I was completely out of my depressed slump up until AI started going off the rails again and getting major developments and being shilled everywhere. It's just disturbing and will lead to the extinction of the human race, IMO. Ironically, that's made me much more depressed than I ever was.
I have no valid argument against artificial intelligence existing in certain contexts, but humanity's reaction to it has been incredibly disheartening to me to say the least.
Artificial intelligence is already being used to animate images of the dead in courtrooms. In what world does anyone, let alone a judge, take this seriously? If it was a man dressed as the deceased reading from a script would the judge have accepted it being shown in court, or would it have been dismissed as a blatant attempt at emotional manipulation?
I could go on about this for ages, but this particular example peeves me off to an unreasonable degree.
Artificial intelligence is already being used to animate images of the dead in courtrooms. In what world does anyone, let alone a judge, take this seriously? If it was a man dressed as the deceased reading from a script would the judge have accepted it being shown in court, or would it have been dismissed as a blatant attempt at emotional manipulation?
I could go on about this for ages, but this particular example peeves me off to an unreasonable degree.
cemeteryismyhome
Elementalist
- Mar 15, 2025
- 816
Already permanently depressed, so it doesn't matter. But it's annoying at work. People send screenshots of their "clever" question and AI's response. As if they did something special. I don't really care. In other words what I'm saying is: supposedly smart college-educated experienced people are acting like idiots with it and totally missing the point of what it's for.
bankai
Visionary
- Mar 16, 2025
- 2,350
This was just the beginning. I think the very worst is yet to come. Microsoft has already announced their second biggest layoff in history. So imagine when all the companies start announcing their biggest layoffs ever. The unemployment will be catastrophic.
shiba
Student
- Aug 6, 2025
- 88
I can't believe AI was some sci-fi concept to me just a few years ago. These days I see it everywhere I look. The ads I see on TV are AI generated half the time. Most of the shit I see on social media is AI generated too. It does everything I could ever do faster and for cheap. It doesn't need to eat or sleep. I wonder if the way I'm feeling is the same way a horse felt when people started driving cars instead of horses lol.
Bumping this old thread
Bumping this old thread
starinthesky
twinkling star
- Aug 13, 2025
- 44
I use my hobbies for myself and to vent, I'm not concerned about a machine outpacing me as I don't see myself in a direct competition with it.
woofwag
Bad dog
- Sep 17, 2025
- 52
I used to be very anti generative AI, but I am seeing more things now that are making me question that. AI is horrible for the environment, and it is scary how many jobs it's overtaking. However, I do still believe that it is impossible for AI to take over all creative endeavors. Generative AI is a math problem. Every pixel in AI art, every next word in AI writing, every note in AI music, it is a calculation based off of trillions of pieces of data. I'm oversimplifying things a lot, but all AI (at least right now) is an approximation of what humans can make. It cannot innovate. It does not have access to the creative processes that real artists do, because we are informed by much, much more than just a formula designed to make art. AI can't do anything textile, it can't draw upon real-life experiences to make unique art, it can't understand how to combine mediums in unique ways, and it can't output most physical mediums like clay, metalwork, paper mache, beading, etc. I did an art project last winter where I made paintings based off of balloon animals. You could say AI could make those paintings, but it certainly couldn't make the balloon animals I did to inspire them, and it doesn't have the love, trauma, and 22 years of my life that I poured into them.
That being said, I recently used AI to help me reformat my resume and write me several cover letters for different jobs. I got three interviews in one week after not having any in months without its help. It also helped give me possible interview questions and answers based off of my information that made me more successful in the interviews. I'm still waiting to hear back about the jobs, but it has made me a lot more hopeful that I can be employed now. Also, my current favorite YouTuber, Dougdoug, uses AI in much of his content, but it is his wit and creativity that makes the videos funny, not the AI itself.
It's totally valid to be depressed about our future concerning AI. I know it will do a lot of damage. But I know it will do a lot of good, too. Try to hang in there and remember that the greatest act of creation we have achieved, something it will never be able to fully replicate, is to have been born and living in this world. No matter how depressing it may be for us.
That being said, I recently used AI to help me reformat my resume and write me several cover letters for different jobs. I got three interviews in one week after not having any in months without its help. It also helped give me possible interview questions and answers based off of my information that made me more successful in the interviews. I'm still waiting to hear back about the jobs, but it has made me a lot more hopeful that I can be employed now. Also, my current favorite YouTuber, Dougdoug, uses AI in much of his content, but it is his wit and creativity that makes the videos funny, not the AI itself.
It's totally valid to be depressed about our future concerning AI. I know it will do a lot of damage. But I know it will do a lot of good, too. Try to hang in there and remember that the greatest act of creation we have achieved, something it will never be able to fully replicate, is to have been born and living in this world. No matter how depressing it may be for us.
