6 ms·
Having a lot of fun with my son using an image of him and dressing him in all kinds of costumes. How is that depressing to you?
by rs_rs_rs_rs_rs 8d ago
Having a lot of fun with my son using an image of him and dressing him in all kinds of costumes. How is that depressing to you?
- davidweatherall 8d agoDidn't you hear? you must hire a real artist to do that for you or you're exploiting the industry
- simianwords 8d agoIts a simple way to feel superior - to sneer at normal people having fun and using technology.
- ksd482 8d agoI think @conradludgate was alluding to that we have so much of AI slop these days. But I see your point too. I too like to generate cute and funny images and share it with my friends and family. But this being done at scale can lead to overall degradation of the online experience.
- paimapi 8d agoplus the energy cost - https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/12/01/1084189/making-an-image-with-generative-ai-uses-as-much-energy-as-charging-your-phone/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/12/01/1084189/making-a... >Generating 1,000 images with a powerful AI model, such as Stable Diffusion XL, is responsible for roughly as much carbon dioxide as driving the equivalent of 4.1 miles in an average gasoline-powered car. In contrast, the least carbon-intensive text generation model they examined was responsible for as much CO2 as driving 0.0006 miles in a similar vehicle
- whatisthiseven 8d ago1000 images is worth 4miles? Ours cars are atrocious. We can have the most powerful artificial minds imagine 1000 images from simple prompts, and that takes as much energy as moving a human being 4 miles. And that will get more energy efficient. Gas cars have barely budged. Gas cars are the problem, not AI.
- applfanboysbgon 8d agoThis is an embarrassingly idiotic article. They're comparing against the least intensive text model, ie some million parameter model nobody uses. Stable Diffusion is a 3.5 billion parameter model, while the GPT models a billion people are using for text generation are over 10 trillion parameters. To say nothing of the differences in average context size usage. The actual ratio of SDXL to text generation pollution is probably literally reversed from what the article claims by lying with statistics. (Note, however, that OpenAI's image model is much much larger than SDXL; however, we don't have precise numbers for it. Nonetheless, misinformation is misinformation.)
- XenophileJKO 8d agoThat's the complaint? That if I make pictures for a few years, let's say on average 1 a day.. it will equal a small errand of carbon? If anything now I feel LESS guilty about usage.
- Black616Angel 8d ago
- handbanana_ 8d agoIf you're not familiar of the pitfalls of this tech, and the fact that there are more ethical tools with which to do those things, I'm not sure what to tell you.
- freedomben 8d agoWhat are some of the more ethical tools? I would like to check them out
- fsloth 8d agoIf you want to discuss a matter, it would be nice to spell out your point of view. How is the person supposed to know your opposing point of view if you don't tell it?
- deleted 8d ago[deleted]
- gloxkiqcza 8d agoI wouldn't feel comfortable uploading a picture of my child to OpenAI servers (for fun nonetheless), but you do you.
- lopatin 8d agoI'm not following the news. Why should we not upload pictures of family members to OpenAI? Are any other cloud providers safe?
- gloxkiqcza 8d agoI wouldn't/don't really feel comfortable uploading private pictures to any other cloud provider either :). I find OpenAI especially untrustworthy because of their known business practices, unestablished business model and unknown future capabilities and role in society. You cannot take that data back once they have it. The condescending tone was unasked for, apologies to OP for that.
- sensanaty 8d agoI wouldn't be uploading pics of my child to platforms that have historically used CSAM to train their models, but hey you do you
- Banditoz 8d agoYou're building a weak strawman here. The author didn't call you nor your son out specifically.
- HDBaseT 8d agoThis is really depressing to me. I think this is abusive. Your son has no concept of the implications of his body, face and identifying features being used here. He has no ability to opt-out, refuse consent, and avoid his data (biometric features) being swooped up in a data-centers for further training, further data collection & further monetization. Your son didn't agree to the privacy policy of OpenAI. This is an extremely high level of disrespect to a person you created.
- rs_rs_rs_rs_rs 8d agoYou're insane.
- HDBaseT 7d agoWhy would you even have kids if you don't want to give them agency or respect? What would it take for you to realize you are being abusive and invading their privacy? Don't complain when your son puts a gun to his mouth and blows his brains out in front of you.