The 'environmental' consideration is much less than the argument over 'paper or plastic'.

That's going to be an issue of regulation and cost - not some arbitrary decision over 'whether I should make an image or just use text'.

Second - there are really not much in the way 'social or moral implications' for the most part.

This is a dystopian delusion that I'm hinting at here.

Folks are blowing this way out of proportion, and cynically so.

People now have 'automated Photoshop' and a slightly more power to express themselves. It's not going to change that much, and it's not a bad thing, it's a good thing. Mildly.

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cindyllm 15 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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mat0 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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minimaxir 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It has been possible to create convincingly cheap image misinformation for over a year (Nano Banana last August) but civil society has not collapsed. There are also open-weight models of similar quality and functionality without any safeguards.

Checks and balances in trust still exist, believe it or not.

	▲	HDBaseT 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The "society has not collapsed" goal post seems odd to me. More and more people are getting caught up in weird echo chambers, extremist groups, and spewing misinformation. The amount of pure slop on Facebook, either for engagement or manipulation is so high, there is more fake content on FB than real content. The conspiracy side of me believes the CIA is deliberately forcing us against each other, but even if no underlying entity is behind this, the same outcome is happening. This is a byproduct of both Social Media & Generative AI.

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sphinxterai 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

In my country, Canada, the number one supplier of fake news and misinformation is the government news company, the CBC. It is an ocean compared to the fake news I've ever seen generated by chatgpt.

	▲	hiharryhere 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Big claim, care to back it up?

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reaperducer 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The 'environmental' consideration is much less than the argument over 'paper or plastic'.

Citation needed.

More to the point: both can be bad. We don't let people run stop signs because running red lights is worse.