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Everywhere you go it's all AI I hate it so much.

On Reddit it's all bots reposting stuff from years ago and its all the same unfunny shit. Also it's not like it's a repost once and do it again years later I'll sometimes see the same posts get reposted weekly.

These reposts are all on the top page page to wanna know why? Because AI is upvoting it and commenting on it. It's all one massive AI circle jerk.

I'll check the comments and it's AI arguing with AI or worse people arguing with AI or it's people using an AI to check if the post is a reposting fuck offfffffff.

On YouTube it's either a full AI script with an AI voice or a real people reading off some bullshit script that I'm convinced was written by AI.

"Why [insert topic] was/is so popular" "Why [insert topic] failed/is failing"

You'll go into the comments of these videos and it's all fucking AI istg I'm about to crash out writing this rant it pisses me off so much.

Maybe it isn't AI but it feels like it and I hate it! I've been marking these videos as "not interested" but YouTubes dumbass AI algorithm can't take a hint because 20 more similar videos will start getting recommended it's like cockroaches.

Even the YouTube ads are just AI gooner bait bullshit my little sister unwillingly sees that shit daily when all she wants to do is watch a drawing tutorial or a cartoon.

I don't use TikTok or Instagram and the rest of the slop there is like Twitter but I just know those places are the garbage dump of the internet. More than half the accounts are just AI, basically my Reddit rant but amplified 10x I won't go further into those websites.

If I Google or even DuckDuckGo something the first result is fucking an AI answer and sometimes it'll link me to an article or video made by a fucking AI usually trying to sell me something instead of giving me what I'm looking for.

I run a website and even there in my fucking comments an AI is advertising.

I'll open up Apple music and I don't even know if the music it recommends me is made my an AI.

On amazon there are AI books being sold and they aren't even trying to hide it and I mean real books not audio book but real you can hold it in your hand books who is the idiot buying that shit because someone obviously is since they keep making them?????

Even video games aren't safe the fucking Playstation store is full of AI slop games. Same question whose buying this shit?

Don't get me started on students. I'm being hypocritical because if ChatGPT was around when I was in school I would've done the same but that doesn't change the fact AI is making the modern student dumber. Most of them who use AI aren't learning anything they just have AI spit out inaccurate information. Even if the student isn't making the AI write there paper for them but actually tries using it as a tool to help them with their education it still spits out inaccurate information and how is the student even suppose to know if it's accurate or not since they are currently learning about the topic. I feel bad for teachers having to rot their brains away reading AI slop.

It's literally everywhere you can't escape it and it's not even useful, it's harmful and it's probably slowing down the internet for all of us.

AI is one of the biggest inefficiencies in human history I'm convinced I have no proof but it doesn't take a genius to see that. People are in coal mines ruining themselves so some fucking porn bot can comment OF advertisement. AI isn't only taking needed resources from the poorest people but from all of us. Except the people who can afford it.

I can't wait for AI to fuck off and die so we can start progressing again. Seriously humans made one of the most impressive pieces of code ever written and it resulted in the pollution of the internet. The biggest source of information polluted with harmful useless garbage. Humans managed to pollute something that doesn't even exist in the real world.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Do people grasp just how much energy GenAI guzzles?

If it were used for cancer research, maybe I'd be down with it.

But no, it's used by some kids to make memes, create sloppy TikTok content, rewrite emails in posh English that are harder to read, create stereotypical game and movie scripts, reject perfectly qualified people by HR automated CV sorters, dumbs students, creates more fake news, and slightly helps programmers write code faster.

It's appalling. If everyone saw it for what it is, a garbage generator, we'd all be in a better place. But that's not the case, so here we fucking are.

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

If it were used for cancer research, maybe I'd be down with it.

You'll be glad to know that it has been used for exactly this - and has been extremely successful!

https://youtu.be/P_fHJIYENdI

But I do agree with the rest of your sentiment towards AI

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I didn't watch the whole video, but I'm assuming it's about the neural network / reinforcement learning / deep learning kind of AI, which is not GenAI. AlphaFold and such. The more recent version incorporates a diffusion model as one of the steps, which is similar to what LLMs use, but it's not the main driver.

Even if it was using LLM technology, it was trained on a data bank of proteins, not god damn Reddit.

OpenAI, Anthropic and the like have nothing to do with it. They are just wasteful.

I have no problem with AI in general, only with the GenAI parasites.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 days ago (4 children)

If you want to disable ai garbage in ddg you can use : https://noai.duckduckgo.com/ with ublacklist and the ai blocklist https://github.com/laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

DDG also has settings to turn off the AI overview everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago

Yes but you need to give in and set persistent cookies.

noai.duckduckgo.com is what should be default, not the reverse.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Thanks I didn't know this one

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Is the noai domain actually working properly? I absolutely hate the LLM generated "description" that ddg started showing since some time ago, which replaced what the website provides, usually starting with "Learn about ...". Even with that domain I get them and I can't really tell the difference between that and the normal one..

Searched liquid

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

Thanks for this I didn't know these existed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

I was so sick of all the ai crap on YouTube that I just turned off YouTube recommended altogether (get the YouTube unhooked extension and you can also hide shorts and comments if you choose). Going down the rabbit hole used to be fun when it was nerds explaining their current hyperfixation and all, but with so much slop it’s just angering

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I work at a tiny little "MSP" (computer guys for companies who are too cheap or dumb to hire their own tech people) and I'm down to the only human being who doesn't use AI. 3 people surrounding me on this boat, all drilling holes in it while I'm trying (and failing) to patch the holes. We're sinking fast.

They just signed us up for an over $1,000 per month cost for a new EDR system that our clients won't pay for and we can't run.
Fuck it. I'm full Carlin. I no longer consider myself a part of the human race. I'm something different, sitting here watching the fall of civilization from the front row.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'm into electronics repair and I'm creating a tips and trick list for most of the electronics that come into repair shops based off real information.

I plan to include everything I can for every scenario because when I need to fix something niche without a lot of information about it I'll be fucked when I Google the issue and the top results are all AI guides or I'll ask on Reddit and AI comments how to fix it. (I know the Reddit example isn't a thing yet I hope but who knows.)

I recommend whenever you fix a niche unique problem just quickly write down how you did it so that information isn't forgotten it's really helpful and saves time.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

If you’re going to post it online, you should look into AI poisoning. I haven’t really looked into it too much for text information, but I know some content creators implement it into their videos or images.

Sorry if you already know this, but just posting in case someone doesn’t:

AI poisoning is basically finding a way to embed data into your content so that it fucks up LLMs when they try to ingest your content.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yeah hang onto that, someday you and I and OP will be contributing to a federated repairWiki of some kind.

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

federated repairWiki

Doo eeet

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I just might create a forum for general electronic repair ranging from generic OS virus cleaning to hard repairs like micro soldering and everything inbetween.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

If that ever happens I'll send you money for a beer.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 days ago (2 children)

This post is so long, I had ChatGPT summarize it for me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I wanted to use my super amazing Samsung AI to summarise the post, but it tells me it can’t because it contains ‘inappropriate content’ :(

(The words ‘fuck’ and ‘shit’ are enough, apparently)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Even more reason to say those words.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Here is what Kagi AI said about your text:

The author expresses strong frustration with the pervasive presence of AI across various online platforms. They criticize Reddit for being dominated by bots that repost unoriginal content, leading to a repetitive and unengaging experience. YouTube is similarly condemned for featuring AI-generated scripts and voices, with comment sections filled with AI interactions rather than genuine discussions. The author feels overwhelmed by AI recommendations on platforms like Google and Apple Music, questioning the authenticity of the content. They lament the impact of AI on students, arguing that it hinders learning by providing inaccurate information. The author also highlights the commercialization of AI, with AI-generated books and games flooding the market. They perceive AI as an inefficiency that detracts from meaningful human progress, equating its influence to pollution in the digital realm. Ultimately, the author longs for a future without AI, believing it stifles creativity and genuine interaction online.

(don't ban me, I hate AI too)

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

I had ChatGPT summarize

I hope it changed kid-pidgin like 'istg' to English.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago

I have friends at Facebook. I keep asking them. Why are they letting their site implode on itself with so many Ai bots making a bulk of the content on the website. None of them have a good response. Good for them for having the super well paying jobs. But for how long will advertisers believe this lie. That people are interacting with their ads.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

We really should address that. I think we need laws and regulation to force AI content to be marked as such. That'd immediately solve 99% of this issue. I believe China already passed some law about AI content labeling very recently. We should take inspiration from that.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

AI content doesn't need to exist at all the few benefits don't outweigh all the negatives.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I think that's a good example for "Perfect is the enemy of good." You want to go 100%. I offered a solution that'd get us at least somewhere. But compromising to stay at 0% would be the worst option. I'd still do it, because it's so easy to do. And then see if we can do more.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I would take laws and regulation over nothing any day, but marking content as "AI" doesn't solve the bigger problems.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Well, for a starter you could activate a filter and it'd all vanish from your browser. Pupils couldn't cheat any more in homework assignments, since the watermarking would immediately flag the homework as generated by AI. And you'd have a clear indication in Apple music or even a button to suppress it. Also some of the fabricated or doctored images would have a label next to them, distinguishing them from real photos, for example in news articles or blog posts that'd be helpful.

Of course with enough time and effort, some people will be able to circumvent it. But it'll alleviate some of the pain. And make it way harder for them to pull this off. And cover most of it, since most of it is low effort.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Ok let's say the United States passes a law where AI content needs to be water marked.

That won't stop an AI company from a different country hosting their servers in a different country.

A water mark might be easily removed for the most part also.

That also means human moderators need to step in and check if let's say a song is AI.

You can make the audio file of the song state "This is AI music" or something but anyone can edit that out.

In theory in could work but in practice it could make things worse.

AI generates water marked image > Different AI removes it is a basic example.

That'll use more energy than just having the first AI generate non water marked image.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The US could work with other countries to implement an international standard.

It won't. But it could!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Not every country will agree and some might be interested in having companies like OpenAI moving to their country and investing in the country.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The majority of countries agreeing is good enough, especially the wealthy countries with the infrastructure for this technology. These AI firms are almost entirely dependent on investor cash anyway, a broad international agreement can cut off investment to them and they'd starve.

We could at least try? Instead of giving up before trying anything at all?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I'm not saying we should give up I was giving a more realistic answer.

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[–] bookmeat 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

You dodn't hate AI. You hate people abusing technology.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

Even if people didn't abuse it and used it for it's intended purpose AI is stupid.

These companies include "ai isn't accurate" or something along the lines of that on their website.

But if it isn't accurate whats the point of anyone using it since after it gives me false information I'll go Google the answer or ask for an answer on a forum?

If it's not accurate whats the point of it being at the top of my search result??

AI doesn't need to be there at all if I have to look for the answer to my question elsewhere.

So people use a bunch of electricity just for a non accurate answer then use more electricity to look up the answer elsewhere.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

That's right. But the overuse of AI is dangerous.

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

As long as it hallucinates, I will hate AI.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure an AI wrote this rant.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

I hope you are joking?

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