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thetwitchy1 OP t1_j1wwbnh wrote

Reply to comment by Tip_Odde in AI art is the ‘machine made fabric’ of tomorrow. by thetwitchy1

The same really applies to AI art, but you don’t say that too loudly in this sub.

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Tip_Odde t1_j1wxxma wrote

So you dont know how destructive fast fashion is huh

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thetwitchy1 OP t1_j1x4suw wrote

Training a single AI for a particular process (which is required before you can even start producing images) releases 250,000 pounds of CO2. Then producing each image requires a significant amount of data processing. AI art has a similar carbon footprint to crypto, but it is more front-loaded (the costs are earlier in the process, rather than later like crypto).

I'm not saying fast fashion is fine. I'm saying there's a lot of environmental costs to AI art that are not even acknowledged by proponents of it.

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Tip_Odde t1_j1xejub wrote

Yes, technological advancement requires energy. Its not anywhere near the same as the objectively short term goals of fast fashion and the ecological disaster it is.

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