this post was submitted on 22 May 2026
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[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 66 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have zero pity for an industry that is trying to pry itself into my daily life and into my pocket.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 35 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The AI industry deserves zero pity, not just because of that, here is my full list:

  1. Content stealing, AI companies have trained their models on data that they have had zero right to, books, movies, pictures, music, none of which they have paid for to use.
  2. Encouraging loss of skills and knowledge, companies/organizations thinking that a skilled and knowledgable employee is worth the same as a statistics driven chatbot will cause huge issues going forward, this is probably my biggest issue with AI currently, the rejection of skills and knowledge.
  3. The waste of resources, I can see the need for a few AI datacenters, I don't like AI, but clearly there is a market for it, however, I will not accept the extreme expansion of datacenters bing built and using local resources to the detriment of the local population.
  4. The classic dealer trap, "the first one is free", it is clear that in five years AI companies will have ramped up the cost of using their models by a LOT. Right now they are locking their customers into a trap that will start squeezing them hard.
  5. The genericness of the output, it is bland and just feels generic.

This is going to be a bloodbath.

[–] xtr0n@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 days ago

The classic dealer trap, "the first one is free", it is clear that in five years AI companies will have ramped up the cost of using their models by a LOT.

It’s so obvious that this is going on but all the super geniuses running all the tech companies somehow believe that AI will magically get both better and cheaper and that the AI vendors will generously pass those savings on to their customers. People have been running this scam since Wonderbread was undercutting local bakeries but you can’t tell shit to an executive on a bubble high.