Solarpunk, to me, is about the beauty of what humans can accomplish with technology not subjected to the cult of perpetual growth that is capitalism. It's about taking only what you need and then helping meet your neighbors needs next; efficiency and growth for the purposes of a clean environment, a fulfilling existence, and a future to look forward to.
Current AI implementations are extremely resource intensive, especially compared to the value they create. This energy demand has to be met from somewhere, and our grid of renewable energy is certainly not covering the excess in the US.
In a broader comparison, how cruel to leave human artists struggling under capitalism while machines produce art, based off of the hard work of those same human artists.
AI can produce good results when trained ethically (see the Japanese bakery AI detecting cancer cells!), but the majority of AI products for consumer use today are polluting our environment for novelties at best and misinformation at worst. The technology is interesting, but the implementations now are 99% not great.
I feel like you are misinterpreting my words here. Like I said, AI can be used well, and I'm all for ethical AI usage! Being mindful about how we use technology and what costs are implied by that use is what's important.
Its ok if you disagree but i dont believe our ideals are obtainable without the help of ai.
Its true its not sustainable energy wise in current form but neither are devices most people use to access this sub.
I can also train and use stable diffusion models for as
Much power as it takes me to run a modern video game and this movement will lose momentum quick if no more video games becomes a thing.
Instead focus your energy on the big tech companies that do so much more harm including unethical use of ai.
Uhh no, workflow? Or did you actually hand draw this? Because wild of so, I swear the texturing on the background on some of the low detail elements is very AI-like