The Answer to A.I.

Is the bubble finally bursting?

Anyone else tired of A.I. being forced on us like an old U2 album? And no, I’m not talking about the Hailey Joel Osment movie. I’m talking about Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic, and whatever else you need to decide what type of sandwich to make. I feel like nobody asked for this and yet here we are explaining to our relatives that the Facebook video they shared isn’t real, while we watch people make cartoon versions of themselves. Speaking of…

A few days ago, President Donald Trump posted an A.I. picture of himself as Jesus healing people. Yup, a man who has never done anything Christ-like, outside of supplying athletes with Filet-o-fish sandwiches, thought it was a great idea to hit us with a little dash of sacrilege. He had to outdo his Easter post after all. The crazy part is that this isn’t even the most offensive A.I. video he’s posted THIS YEAR!

We expect an old, weathered, smooth-brained bag of farts to use A.I. in this way. The issue I have is that so many of my peers are openly and willingly using it for the same dumb reasons! “Aww let them have their fun E.J. They aren’t hurting anyone” No, but the amount of water and energy used will probably get us all eventually. At least you get to make yourself into a Yassified Minion for, like, 12 people.

I know I know, I’m a hater, but I also understand that there are some good attributes to A.I. That I fully support. Using it to find cures and help society be better is great! However, I don’t need 40 commercials telling me how “great” it is. It should be able to speak for itself. Like Siriacha. Have you ever seen a commercial for Siriacha? Nope, but you probably have a crusty bottle in your pantry.

We are at the point where people are training their own job replacements. I got into a “spirited discussion” with a friend who told us that he uses ChatGPT to help him finish his work, so that he can do…MORE WORK! All the artists balked at this while everyone else in an office job agreed that they use it for everything. The number one reply I hear often is that A.I. is inevitable.

If it is inevitable, how did we make it this far without using it? I hate this roll over and let shit happen to you vibe people have. Art has existed since the cave people drew their adventures on their walls like an unattended toddler. I want us as a society to push back and stop the smoothing of our brains. Things like ChatGPT are causing cognitive decline and we are just supposed to accept our teachers and doctors relying on it? Are we supposed to use ChatGPT in place of actual friends and peers for advice? Do we need another video of Will Smith eating spaghetti with 12 fingers?

I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that my THC-fueled brain believes that A.I. wants us dumbed down for the great machine takeover like Terminator or Wall-E, but I’ll save that for a future blunt rotation if you’ll have me. There’s a shift in people’s feelings toward artificial intelligence, with companies on the verge of bankruptcy, and Sam Altman regretting having his home on Zillow. People are making the shift without A.I. into practice, and I’m here for it!

Support local creatives, pay a hungry artist to make a graphic for you. It might not be as fast, but it will look better, use less water, and keep your electric bill low enough to put the AC on this summer. Make the thing you’ve always wanted to make with fellow friends and fail boldly! We learn so much from failure and if we always get the “perfect thing” what did we learn and earn? The intelligence is artificial, so if you’re going to clean up slop, make it your own damn slop.