I grew up on the internet. Ever since I was 5 or something, I used to watch youtubers playing games. Then i started to play those games, and then I started to use social media too, I started to use Amino and stuff, it was amazing and I had so much fun.
The internet has been my safe space ever since I was little. I would share my art, listen to cool new music, make the best of friends, play the most fun of games, and when I was sad I would go on musically and watch funny videos.
But lately this safe space of mine has been getting destroyed, and this time I can't even press the block button and move on.
All of my favorite youtubers are now using AI for their videos. Companies are making ads using AI. Apps are adding AI features and collecting our data to feed their machines.
And at first I thought "Okay, shit, I need to get offline" BUT NOOOOOO
I go to the store around the corner and there's FUCKING AI PLASTERED ON THE COVERS OF TOYS AND SHAMPOO.
Studies showing that by 2028 the internet will be dominated by AI, that everything I've ever written, posted or seen will have been used for AI, scientists using AI for their research.
A few years ago I would've looked at the Mitchells movie and said "dang this will never ever happen" AND NOW KIM KARDASHIAN HAS THAT ROBOT THING
I AM TERRIFIED
I don't want to be AI food. I do NOT want my face to be used to train it.
Do you guys know how much more damage to the environment we already make? And how much more we'll make with AI evoluting? I KNOW I sound like a vsco girl but I'm genuinely afraid for my life.
AND THE SAME PEOPLE WHO SAY "Omg I hate AI it's harmful" LAUGH AT THE AI CAT DANCING AND USE C.AI. PLEASE PICK A SIDEEEEEEEEEE
I miss when the internet was being used by humans and not machines who wanna steal my soul
LIKE YEAH I'M OVERREACTING BUT YOU WOULD TOO IF ALL YOU EVER KNEW WAS BEING RIPPED FROM YOUR HANDS AND REPLACED WITH INTERNET TRASH.
I'm sO SICK of AI. I don't want to leave my house ever again.
I just watched this video explaining the theory of the dark forest of the internet, and there's a few layers. They go like this:
the dark forest (habited by data collectors, trolls, and marketing professionals)
digital gardens (newsletters, emails, etc.)
comfy web (communities protected by gatekeepers, habited by people with similar ideas and interests like discord and whatsapp WHICH IS ALSO THE WEB THAT I'M RESORTING TO.)
onion routers
dark web
so yeah guys I'm shitting my pants. If u guys have any tips on how to avoid AI pls tell me....
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Marshmallow_Fluff
BitView is a YouTube alternative that invokes the earlier intent of YouTube, just the odd posting here and there that yields something worthwhile, a collective human experience. NeoCities is another website full of personalized creations as well.
When traveling the now polluted pathways of YouTube, might I recommend finding a topic of interest and following it with before: then entering a specific year. For example Star Wars:before 2007. There are many hidden treasures to be found through such a method.
Oh yeah, I use the "before:" method a lot for looking up makeup and hair tutorials. Thanks!!
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Happy holidaysss!!
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