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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

With the Ai Horde you just need a browser on a potato.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

and tons of power and cooling somewhere.

stop acting like the compute comes from nowhere lol

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Not really, the ai horde runs in volunteer PCs, so less power and cooling than running an aaa game

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

volunteer PCs

oh those run on pixie dust and fairy farts huh?

in fact, because they're distributed amongst thousands (presumably) volunteer pcs, they're eating up cycles that aren't optimized so are much less efficient at their task compared to specialized gpus and asics.

there's no free lunch.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

There's no asics and specialized gpus for this sort of thing. We've also developed foss workers that are indeed more optimized. Also a lot of our volunteers use solar power.

I any case, yes of course it consumes some electricity, but all digital entertainment does and as I said we're comparable to AAA gaming , so I don't see why you're singling that out.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

so I don’t see why you’re singling that out.

I didn't single out anything, I despise the entire spectrum bud. There's no free lunch for AI.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I think you should, it's fuck_ai, lol,

A place for all those who loathe AI to discuss things, post articles, and ridicule the AI hype. Proud supporter of working people. And proud booer of SXSW 2024

Did you wander in here to advocate for your energy gobblin AI thinking we'd go "oh it's distributed consumption SO THAT'S OK"?

Honestly?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

For an instance who bans people for being an "Anti-AI troll", you're pretty loud with your "Pro-AI trolling".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Same way people disliking or pointing out flaws in "AI" are "trolling".

The difference is, you don't get banned here for discussing things.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

People were banned for going to unrelated topics and complaining acerbically about GenAI art in a meme (the meme not being about GenAI Art). I made a comment directly related to the meme and was not toxic about it. But if you feeling smug is what you need today, sure, go on.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That is factually incorrect, and there are modlogs to back it up.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That is factually correct and there are modlogs to back it up.

EDIT: I'm not doing to rehash this topic in here. There's already been a YPTB topic about it with plenty of comments.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I know a lot of robotgirls who say what you're doing to their people is reprehensible.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

To draw, you just need a sharp rock and a bigger smooth rock(or any other smooth surface)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

For AI "art", you also need internet connection and knowledge how to use a computer

How much time you need to draw something depends on the reason you are drawing. You dont need to make good art for a lot of reasons you might be drawing