“Why are TERFs so well organized compared to us?”

[TheIsleOfTERF]

https://www.reddit.com/r/transgenderUK/s/iQskn15N11

For anyone interested on theories of how TERF Island has come to be!

Get the bingo board out as it has all the classics!

-Housewives
-Lonely
-Jealous
-Funded by the right wing

There are loads of ai-generated pics on this thread. It is anti-feminist environmentally destructive tech and we should use it sparingly and mindfully if at all.

@ColourlessGreenIdeasSleepFuriously how is it anti-feminist (and environmentally destructive) ? Genuine question. It's not something i've heard before

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I get the environmentally destructive but stuck on the anti-feminist. Would you mind elaborating?

It's a manifestation of the Omnicause.

It takes a lot of electricity and also water to cool down the servers.

The data use of AI is incredibly carbon-heavy (see above post regarding electricity and water-cooling).

As for anti-feminist I think it's in reference to the fact many images are fashioned in the "male gaze", or more accurately from a patriarchal gaze e.g. women with big boobs and tiny waists etc. Due to I guess algorithms being developed by men, lots of images to go on from a very patriarchal internet.

I do like a good AI picture though 😢

All I'm seeing here is gerbils and charts

I think my carbon footprint is offset by the fact I chose not to procreate.

Swings and roundabouts.

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No one ever mentioned that was a problem

Also

Has it occurred to you that feminists using AI are feeding the model and redressing the balance with female input?

If anyone would like to repent on my behalf (because I'm sure as hell not about to) I can sell you some sackcloth and ashes

Great point

Gender bias in the data and global warming disproportionately impacts women.

So we should just leave it all to the boys?

I'm training AI models as part of my work.

I also generate images for fun. Every time I tell AI to remove men from a whimsical image, I'm training it further. Every time I tell it that lionesses don't have manes, I'm training it.

Shall I just stop?

Nooooo! It's finally getting the hang of a lioness doesn't have a mane, don't stop now!!

I know we're not supposed to quote qiant posts, and NAWALT, obvs, starting with my mother, but that's fantastic! 😋

Thanks! I am sooo using this in the future.

AI is indeed swings and roundabouts. This article says AI uses less carbon than the human artist and writer counterparts it is increasingly displacing:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-54271-x

The article doesn't say that AI use less carbon than a human writer or illustrator full stop, it claims that AI uses less carbon than a writer/illustrator using other forms of computer-based technologies, not sitting down with a pen and paper.

we also calculate the carbon footprint of the devices that human illustrators may use while working, using similar calculations as in the writing comparison above. The carbon footprint for a laptop operating for the duration of a human illustrator creating an image (3.2 h) is 100 g CO2e. The footprint of that duration for a desktop computer is 280 g CO2e.

No carbon footprint has been calculated for a human using paper [from responsibly managed sources, of course] and pen [made from recycled and recyclable material😇] and endless cups of tea [organic, fair trade]

Crikey, get a grip

some people will take literally any opportunity to pick away at others innit?

One wonders if a Reddit poster has wandered in at times.

Best eaten on the day it's made, the meringue goes a bit soggy when you keep it too long although that depends on the moisture in the air. It's currently so dry here at the West coast it would be fine a day or two later still.

AI is going to have a huge impact - it's a fair point to consider how it affects us. Might make an interesting thread, actually. AI and feminism.