Google Is So Very Green That Their CO2 Pollution Has Risen 51% In Just 6 Years - Thanks, AI!!!

[hunter]

5. I don't need AI tracking my behavior as a "consumer."

Nobody does.

I especially don't need AI tracking my political behavior or physical location. Nothing good can come of that. When I was a young activist my friends and I experienced a no-knock police raid on our motel room and it was one of the more terrifying experiences of my life.

Today it's even easier for "the authorities" to track people.

For a few days last year I was intrigued by the use of AI for photo restoration but I soon decided reality and human creativity are a much better look.

The limitations of whatever camera and medium I'm using are a good thing. If some photo I've taken in the last sixty years is totally ugly I can still turn it into art using whatever tools and materials I have at hand -- which generally includes paper, paint, paint brushes, pencils, and a Linux computer capable of running GIMP.

I don't need AI to turn everything artificially shiny.

I don't believe that AI as used by Google, Facebook, Amazon, Elon Musk, fascist government agencies, etc., is making the world a better place so I'm doing my best to avoid it.