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highplainsdem

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40. You know how I feel about how unethical genAI is. If you post AI slop in response to an OP I posted, I

Fri Feb 27, 2026, 01:59 PM

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will respond to it.

If you post AI slop anywhere on DU, one of the many DUers who dislike AI slop might respond to it, because it IS unethical and it makes DU look bad.

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The cover of The Lancet, and their article on RFK Jr. [View all] highplainsdem Friday OP

Kick SheltieLover Friday #1

Double kick BlueWaveNeverEnd Friday #7

Wanton, wholesale destruction Easterncedar Friday #2

Great article LetMyPeopleVote Friday #3

He is smearing the Kennedy name for new generations ! kimbutgar Friday #4

That's why trump-putin brought him in. To damage the Kennedy name. erronis Friday #14

So sad but true kimbutgar Friday #45

Absolutely! SheltieLover Saturday #89

K&R Solly Mack Friday #5

;-{)..... Goonch Friday #6

Please don't post AI art made using AI tools trained illegally on stolen intellectual property. AI slop highplainsdem Friday #18

;-{)..... Goonch Friday #34

This message was self-deleted by its author highplainsdem Friday #35

You know how I feel about how unethical genAI is. If you post AI slop in response to an OP I posted, I highplainsdem Friday #40

;-{) Goonch Friday #41

What's generated by AI is not the AI user's art. I've tried AI image generators myself enough to know highplainsdem Friday #43

;-{) Goonch Friday #46

While you were posting that, I was looking for an article to explain to anyone who hadn't tried AI image highplainsdem Friday #48

The most relevant words Goonch Friday #49

I support you with that. Doodley Friday #51

;-{) Thank You Goonch Friday #56

AI is here to stay so we need to get used to it. KS Toronado Saturday #71

;-{) AMEN! Goonch Saturday #72

;-{) AI is here to stay so we need to get used to it. Goonch Saturday #73

If only data centers would limit themselves to renewables. Qutzupalotl Saturday #74

;-{).... Goonch Saturday #75

That makes it all worth it! Qutzupalotl Saturday #76

AI slop just wastes water and electricity. And it isn't ususual for users of AI image generators to highplainsdem Saturday #80

More AI slop. highplainsdem Saturday #77

;-{) I've asked you nicely twice to stop stalking me Goonch Saturday #81

You're baiting me, posting AI slop in this thread. I've helped you out when you posted misinformation highplainsdem Saturday #83

;-{) Thanks for confirming you're stalking me and BTW Goonch Saturday #88

It isn't stalking you to notice you've started posting AI slop. I pointed out to you yesterday that when you highplainsdem Saturday #90

:-{) Well spoken, almost zealot-like..... Goonch Saturday #91

We don't have to accept what's wrong with it. Including unethical AI tools trained illegally on stolen highplainsdem Saturday #79

Can you ever accept the fact that AI is like McDonald's? KS Toronado Saturday #82

Would you eat at McDonald's if the business was built entirely on theft, as genAI is? highplainsdem Saturday #84

Sure if it was the only place in town to eat. KS Toronado Saturday #85

Not comparable. Unless forced by work or school, no one has to use genAI. But thanks for letting highplainsdem Saturday #87

And btw, if you want to know why so many people hate it, I suggest you go to Bluesky and post highplainsdem Saturday #86

Well stated, HPD! SheltieLover Saturday #93

Agree jmbar2 Saturday #94

Agreed! SheltieLover Friday #52

LOL ShazzieB Friday #42

Please stop posting AI SLOP. nt Wednesdays Friday #47

This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Saturday #70

😊We're An Inclusive Big Tent😊 -- One Person's 'AI SLOP' Is Another Person's Assisted Artistic Endeavor MayReasonRule Saturday #78

There are a lot of artists who are actually disabled who hate AI art, who've had some success as highplainsdem Saturday #92

Of all the clowns in the clown car, RFK Jr is the one who will do the most long-term damage in this shit show. Initech Friday #8

The most unqualified cabinet member in history which is saying a lot.... NNadir Friday #10

We are being run by a cabinet full of James Bond villains. Initech Friday #11

Your last sentence recalls the line... NNadir Friday #13

And the other plutocrat-owned and controlled "news" media are doing the same. erronis Friday #15

Seriously. It's like watching the new Nazis take over in real time. Initech Friday #32

They're evil and incompetent, but they're not smart enough to be James Bond villains. highplainsdem Friday #19

James Bond villains are typically very intelligent Mysterian Friday #59

I'm completely unqualified for the job and yet more qualified than him Layzeebeaver Friday #12

The main qualification for an HHS Secretary is to listen to scientists, not to assume... NNadir Friday #16

It might be a toss-up between him, Miller, and Noem..... AZ8theist Friday #60

RFK Jr. was put at the head of HHS, so that he would destroy all these programs and so trump could take that money MLWR Friday #9

I found this link to The Lancet to work better. YMMV. erronis Friday #17

That's the same link I posted, and doesn't work directly from DU either because DU's software won't highplainsdem Friday #20

Try this: hunter Friday #23

Thanks! highplainsdem Friday #25

For the record, eggplant beat me too it. hunter Friday #26

Yes, I saw, and posted a thank you, and mentioned both your replies in the edited OP. highplainsdem Friday #27

It's chilling to note that the word "promised" appears repeatedly in the passage shown. CBHagman Friday #21

Try this url eggplant Friday #22

Thanks! Didn't know that. I'll edit the OP again. highplainsdem Friday #24

That crazy baboon is incredibly dangerous. Dave Bowman Friday #28

They all are. The Trump regime would be one of the craziest sitcoms ever if the characters were just highplainsdem Friday #30

Yeah, he sure would be ashamed of the ignorant fool who's playing with people's health. 🙁 Dave Bowman Friday #57

If it wasn't RFK Jr it would have been another clown like Dr. Oz or some Covid Conspiracy nut maxsolomon Friday #29

Look up "HTML encoding" to fix links that break like this in the future if you want :) AZJonnie Friday #31

Thanks! highplainsdem Friday #33

No problem sistah! 👍 AZJonnie Friday #36

Yup. People will die because of this TexasBushwhacker Friday #38

Trump chose well. dalton99a Friday #37

Secretary Brainworm's thing about "shared decision making" for vaccines really irks me. 3catwoman3 Friday #39

They're not wrong...nt Wounded Bear Friday #44

Completely intentional orangecrush Friday #50

There is no surprise about anything Kennedy does. Those that confirmed him have no excuse. Doodley Friday #53

And a medical doctor cast the deciding vote for RFKjr... spanone Friday #54

Means is an ally of RFK Jr. bmichaelh Friday #55

I campaigned for his father ... Jarqui Friday #58

SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME Skittles Friday #61

Getting rid of people who might be on Social Security, Medicaid, or any government program repukes highplainsdem Friday #63

but....fucking with vaccines Skittles Friday #64

They assume they'll still have good medical care. That mostly the poor will suffer and die. highplainsdem Friday #65

sounds so PRO-LIFE and CHRISTIAN Skittles Friday #66

They're anything but true Christians. highplainsdem Friday #67

sad to say but... Skittles Friday #68

Most self-professed Christians I know don't follow Christ's teachings very well, either. highplainsdem Friday #69

No worries, T💩p's Surgeon General nominee is a medical school dropout. OMGWTF Friday #62