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[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 62 points 6 days ago (5 children)

"Newspaper which uses AI to write its articles concocts derogatory term for people who doesn't use AI"

[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Imo vegan shouldn't be seen as derogatory. I'm not one, but got a lot of respect for most of em.

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[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 58 points 6 days ago (3 children)

This makes about as much sense as calling Linux users "Windows vegans".

Choosing to not use AI isn't some wacky contrarian position, it's a tame position that can easily be justified. (Don't want to use AI? Then don't.) If anything, trying to assert that constantly using AI for everything would be the new normal is the wacky position.

[–] rfr_Foglia@feddit.it 17 points 6 days ago (13 children)

Not eating animals is not a wacky contrarian position either, and I'm not even vegan

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[–] zeca@lemmy.ml 33 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Im also a gun vegan, a car vegan, a facebook vegan, an exercise vegan (unfortunately), a windows vegan, ... just not actual vegan.

I feel like thats a bad way to use the word vegan.

[–] TheMonk@lemmings.world 2 points 5 days ago

It’s an incredibly stupid phrase. Like, mind-numbingly stupid. “I’m not gluten free, I’m a bread vegan.” Idiotic

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[–] TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 73 points 6 days ago (2 children)

how to belittle and minimize a very serious thing: call any protesters of it a " ___ vegan"

[–] Sergio@lemmy.world 28 points 6 days ago

They are "journalism vegans". They are choosing to abstain from actual journalism for clickbaiting, herd mentality, and personal lack of skill reasons.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Why are you dissing on vegans? Veganism is legit, bro.

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[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 24 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

We don't need to invent new terms, like 'AI Vegan', when we have a perfectly good term already: Butlerian Jihadist.

[–] udon@lemmy.world 23 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"refuse" lol as if there were a general requirement to use this shit

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[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 29 points 6 days ago (2 children)

We let environmentalism become an individual issue, and that was a mistake. Can we not do this for AI? It's a society-wide problem, not something you can solve by measuring your own personal AI footprint.

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[–] Allemaniac@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago (2 children)

"AI vegans"? I knew guardian was already bought by tech bros, but wtf is that phrasing lmao I dont use AI either, simply because it is wrong more often than not and I am still capable of googling myself, but being cautious equals to being vegan in tech bro eyes?

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[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The better term would be "LLM gobbling fuckheads" for those who use that stuff and believe it has anything to do with "AI"

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[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 6 days ago (21 children)

I don’t use ai either. But because it’s fuckin stupid. It’s not even ai. It’s a glorified sorting algorithm.

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[–] Alfredolin@sopuli.xyz 14 points 6 days ago

No an Image generation is not ten times the impact pf a Google search, a ChatGPT query is. Image generation is probably a lot more.

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 12 points 6 days ago

Journalists constantly trying to be the origin of a term.

[–] bigbabybilly@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Missed opportunity to coin the term “Aitheist” Fools.

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[–] Kekzkrieger@feddit.org 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Its neither for me, i just dont like getting wrong information and AI is giving tons of it.

Also its not intelligent it just fucking sounds so

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[–] TheGuyTM3@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I hate the term AI vegan. I prefer mistechnitinoimosyne. More classy.

[–] foodconsumer@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

There has to be a catchier name than AI vegans...

[–] zeca@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Yes, it sounds like marginalizing normal reasonable people.

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[–] zeca@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Also too ambiguous of a term, could also mean an ai chatbot that pretends to be a vegan person.

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[–] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

So normal decent human beings

[–] UltraBlack@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago (10 children)

I want to avoid it but with google making sure that search results get worse and worse I'm in a bit of a pickle. Other search engines still feel lile they're a bit behind though

[–] Malek061@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (11 children)
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[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

https://udm14.com/

You can also get a search extension in firefox (probably others as well but I haven't looked)

It essentially strips the bullshit out and just shows you search results.

[–] Fish@midwest.social 9 points 6 days ago

If you're willing to pay money then Kagi is a great alternative. They claim they don't collect or share your data. Though, Kagi isn't very good for local search results and probably never will be.

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[–] jaykrown@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

While billionaires keep using their private jets.

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

AI isn't the meat, jack. It's slop.

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 6 days ago

"AI vegans" media trying to put an enemy up again. Smh

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

People who use the term "vegan" for somebody they consider extremist, ascetic, or annoying are really telling on themselves.

Side note: one of the most genius rebrands of all time was the way fake leather (which is often made from polyurethane, a type of plastic) suddenly became aspirational “vegan leather”.

Most vegan leathers are made from compostable materials, because (surprise, surprise!) many vegans are also environmentalists.

[–] redwattlebird@lemmings.world 8 points 6 days ago (3 children)

AI vegan is not a thing and shall never be.

The correct term is Technophile. Anyone obsessed with tech would never hand it off to a third party to do when they can go through the joy of learning themselves.

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[–] Waldschrat@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Can we please stop coming up with words that describe that we do not do a thing like it is not normal? Just like having to call yourself an atheist because you do not believe. You should call yourself a theist if you believe, because you actively do it. Call yourself what you are, do, or see fit, not what you are not.

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