The author expresses strong opposition to AI, citing concerns about consent, resource consumption, and the attitudes of AI users. AI companies are criticized for indiscriminately scraping the internet for training data, overwhelming servers and forcing users to endure computational hurdles like Cloudflare and Anubis. Furthermore, the immense electricity and water usage of AI data centers, along with their associated emissions and noise pollution, are highlighted as significant environmental problems. The author also points to the aggressive and dismissive attitudes of some AI proponents who disregard developers' wishes not to have their work used for AI training, framing AI as an unstoppable force that users must adopt or be left behind. AI
IMPACT Highlights growing user and developer backlash against AI's data scraping and resource demands.
RANK_REASON Opinion piece expressing strong negative views on AI.
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