this post was submitted on 24 Aug 2026
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Fuck AI

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AI, in this case, refers to LLMs, GPT technology, and anything listed as "AI" meant to increase market valuations.

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[–] farmgineer@nord.pub 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Software engineer here. Fuck your datacenters and most things called "AI". If you want to run some local models on ethically-sourced training data, I've got no problem with that. Else, no.

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Software engineer here.

Else, no.

Story checks out.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If Mark Zuckerberg is your savior, you are in some serious trouble.

[–] axx@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah, saying "thank God for" one of the most obviously morally bankrupt characters of our modern age is such an indictment.

[–] Wurzl@lemmy.zip 68 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Gosh, who would've thought people would hate having their water sources depleted and their electric bill go thru the roof! Who wouldn't want a worthless data center into their neighborhood?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And have new computers be made unaffordable.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

And 25% unemployment

[–] northernlights@lemmy.today 46 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"Stunned the tech industry"... I'm in the tech industry and we all hate how LLMs are being used.

[–] grittycat@lemmy.world 34 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I wish the hate was more widespread, I also work in the tech industry and there are plenty of people who i have to work with who have given themselves up completely to having Claude do everything for them. I have never been so frustrated not only trying to keep up but also fixing problems overlooked by LLMs and then absorbing LLM generated responses to pr reviews or to why something broke in production

[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 38 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My favourite new term for those people is 'meat proxy'.

Meat proxy (noun): “A person who forwards AI-generated text, code, or other output without reading, understanding, or validating it. The person acts only as a relay between the AI system and the intended recipient.”

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 30 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

"Thank God for Mark", said a political operative??

Zuckerberg has been a punchline at best and a villain at worst for decades now.

If you want people to hate and distrust something, make Mark Zuckerberg the public face of that thing.

[–] kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And, he deleted the post after a week or so, because of the backlash and ridicule.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago

Thank God for Mark Zuckerberg!

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 43 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They'll keep building them, but they'll try to keep the stories from appearing. Reports of discontent will be stifled.

[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 18 points 3 days ago

It's the other way around - they're talking about building a lot more data centers than they're actually building, to convince investors that AI is actually going to make 10x the revenue in three years.

Where is that revenue going to come from? Which companies are looking to quadruple their IT budget? Where are all the consumers with a ton of disposable income? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 3 days ago

Democracy and billionaires are not compatible systems

[–] Bristlecone@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago

Great, zuck with the "sell out your children's community for cash right now" fund.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip -1 points 2 days ago

Goes to show how psychopathicly immoral they are