Thanks for sharing your thoughtful perspective—it’s clear you’ve deeply considered these issues. Like you, I’m not blindly optimistic about AI. I agree there are genuine concerns, particularly regarding ethics, copyright, and sustainability.

You make valid points about the challenges we’re facing, especially around intellectual property and the devaluation of human-made creative content. It’s important that we acknowledge and discuss these issues openly. My aim isn’t to champion AI uncritically, but rather to explore its reality, understand its potential and limitations, and navigate it responsibly.

I believe it’s critical for artists and creators to actively engage in shaping how this technology is used—rather than allowing it to shape us passively. I truly appreciate your honest feedback and thoughtful critique, and I’m glad you took the time to share it.

Wishing you the best as well!

The cult of “AI” is built on theft. Literal stealing and exploitation of copyrighted material. How convenient and sustainable is that for a culture? A culture where autocannibalism is the new default cannot possibly work over time. The machine learning models themselves will start to break down as they vomit previously digested content from the mouth of one “AI” into another (to use Jeremy Hellstrom’s memorable image) . All of this is being assisted by the atrophy of human skills over time. This isn’t going to end well.

I run my own servers and you might be surprised at the amount of obnoxious traffic from “AI” bots, exploiting a web site as free training data. I don’t mean to be negative towards you Barney, I’ve admired your approach and creativity in the past. But respectfully, this is not a sustainable development to embrace. I wish you well all the same.

Thanks for your comment. I love your perspective.