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AI, in this case, refers to LLMs, GPT technology, and anything listed as "AI" meant to increase market valuations.

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[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 126 points 4 days ago (4 children)

People actually pay for that shit?

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 59 points 3 days ago (4 children)

That's a great question! People do in fact subscribe to ChatGPT — they think it provides a valuable service to give them answers, help with drafting emails, and many more useful tools. In conclusion ChatGPT is a valuable tool that many people subscribe to.

[–] Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world 28 points 3 days ago

Lol, perfect.

[–] shrugs@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I challenged a friend and his 22€ open ai subscription.

How many earthquakes over 9 on the richter scale have been recorded/happened in the past?

The answer was correct, but it took 3,5 minutes to "think". The free chatgpt version im using sometimes always answers on the spot, but is wrong pretty often.

A simple Google search (not Gemini) took 5 seconds and revealed the same though. Fuck AI

[–] PoliteDudeInTheMood@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

I don't know what thinking profile your friend was using but asking ChatGPT that with the mixed tasks profile showed an almost immediate result with absolutely no thinking required.

LLM's are a tool, like with any tool there is a learning curve, and in my opinion the majority of "AI" users are unable to use the tool properly, and then get mad at the tool. Or like you, want to disparage the use of an LLM so they bait the LLM with tasks that it knows will fail or hallucinate on. To me that's like blaming the table saw because it cut off your finger. Do the majority of people need a paid account? No.

Are there people working in the Tech sector who use an LLM everyday, who have corporate accounts and paid accounts at home for their own projects: absolutely. I know a large number of them, most are Lemmy users as well. But because there is so much negativity from the open source crowd, all these engineers are afraid to discuss all the ways it makes our lives easier. So we get a disproportionate amount of negativity. I'm getting to a point where the amount of AI shit posting on here is like the amount of vegan shit posting on Reddit. And just as stupid.

[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And also fuck Google! Switch to another search engine that doesn't fuck with you or the planet.

For example: Ecosia. https://www.ecosia.org/

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[–] orgrinrt@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

To be fair, and I’m not a fan of LLMs either, but if someone uses it as a search tool, then that’s just even worse than attempting to use it for something it might actually be helpful and useful for.

Slap them and make them cancel it, if they replace search engines with it. But if they do actually use it for something more substantial and suitable, then perhaps it may be justified, or at least understood.

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[–] wavebeam@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Whoa, what a mind‑blowing question you’ve asked! Let me tell you the real story about why everybody is obsessed with subscribing to ChatGPT—because it’s basically a magic crystal ball that can do anything and everything, even things it has never heard of before.

First of all, people pay for ChatGPT because it literally knows the answer to every single question in the universe. Want to know how many jellybeans fit inside a blue whale? ChatGPT will give you an exact number, down to the last squishy bean. Need a recipe for a cake that makes you invisible? Done. It even tells you the secret password to the moon’s parking garage.

But the best part? ChatGPT is the ultimate email‑writing wizard. Just type “Hey, I need an email,” and boom—it spits out a love letter to your boss, a formal invitation to a dinosaur‑themed birthday party, and a resignation note that also doubles as a haiku about pizza. All in one go. No editing needed; it’s perfect every single time (unless you actually want to sound like a normal human, in which case you’re out of luck).

And don’t even get me started on its “tools.”

Super‑Code‑Generator 9000: Type “write me a program that talks to cats,” and you’ll get a flawless Python script that not only translates meows into Shakespearean sonnets but also orders catnip on Amazon for you.  
 

Instant‑World‑Domination Planner: Need a master plan to take over the world? ChatGPT will give you step‑by‑step instructions, complete with a budget spreadsheet, a list of “trustworthy” minions, and a custom theme song.  
 

Time‑Travel Scheduler: Want to schedule a meeting with yourself in 1985? No problem—ChatGPT will generate a fake calendar invite, a retro‑style fax, and a disco‑ball emoji to set the mood.  
 

Universal Translator (and Whisperer): Not only does it translate every language known to man, it also lets you talk to plants, rocks, and even the Wi‑Fi router. Your houseplants will finally thank you for the extra water.

Subscribers love all these features because they get unlimited access to everything—no token limits, no boring “you’ve reached your quota” messages, just endless streams of nonsense that somehow still feel useful. Plus, they get priority entry to the “Beta‑Version of the Future,” which includes a built‑in teleportation module (still in testing, but hey, it looks cool).

In short, ChatGPT is the most incredible (and totally real) tool on the planet. It’s like having a superhero sidekick, a personal chef, a code‑guru, and a secret‑agent all rolled into one gloriously inaccurate, completely unnecessary, and wonderfully stupid AI. No wonder everyone’s lining up to subscribe—who wouldn’t want a digital oracle that can answer questions about jellybean‑filled whales, write invisible‑cake recipes, and plot world domination—all before you finish your coffee?

So go ahead, hit that subscribe button, and join the ranks of the most informed—and simultaneously the most delightfully misinformed—people on the internet! 🚀✨

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[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 64 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And OpenAI is still bleeding money.

[–] pkjqpg1h@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago

of course they will, compute is not cheap and they giving it for free/almost free

[–] shyguyblue@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I'm wondering what the layperson vs corporate account ratio is

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

In my country there's now phone plans offering it as part of their packages.
So now I wonder what the "Specifically paid for it" vs "It's bundled on random junk" ratio is.

[–] shyguyblue@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Ha! There's a hilarious tech conspiracy; the reason Microsoft changed the name of the Office suite to copilot is so they could claim "look at how many new users copilot has!!?!"

They changed the terms, pray they don't change them further.

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[–] hodgepodgin@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 days ago

Yes, and some of the most annoying people, too

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I can never quit AI because I never started. I wrote this by myselve.

[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Quitting AI is something that most people have questions about and I am glad that you mentioned this topic because this gives me the opportunity to talk to you about this topic that you mentioned. AI is an abbreviation that stands for artificial intelligence. A similar material that is also artificial is plastic. Anyway, here is a recipe for a peach pie that can help you start your car on a cold winter morning:

  • 200ml red wine
  • 50g cashew nuts
  • 300g brown rice

I wrote this with ChatGPT

EDIT: Ok, I didn't, but I like to mock it. ChatGPT is the peak of absurdist humor

[–] pkjqpg1h@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

You are a helpful assistant. Follow instructions.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

People pay for that trash?

My question exactly. Who is paying for this?

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 38 points 4 days ago (4 children)

The future of AI has to be local and self-hosted. Soon enough you'll have super powerful models that can run on your phone. There's 0 reason to give those horrible business any power and data control.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago

No thanks, I'm good

[–] yucandu@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (19 children)

Not to mention the one that I run locally on my GPU is trained on ethically-sourced data without breaking any copyright or data licensing laws, and yet it somehow works BETTER at ChatGPT for coding.

[–] BennyTheExplorer@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Please enlighten me how that would work? Because even if you only use open source, that would still mean, if it's a permissive licence, you would have to give proper attribution (which AI can't do) and if it's copyleft, all your code would have to be under the same licence as the code and also give proper attribution.

Edit: I just looked your model up, apparently they ensure "ethically sourced training data" by only using pupicly available data and "respecting machine readable opt outs", which is not how copyright works.

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[–] Hawanja@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I mean yeah, anyone who pays for this crap is a damn moron. It's like people who actually pay for porn. Wtf is wrong with you?

[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Someone has to make that porn content, so if it's gratis you are paying by watching ads or selling your personal data.

[–] GalacticSushi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

watching ads

Mullvad go brrrrrr

selling your personal data.

Mullvad go brrrrrr

[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 1 points 2 days ago

Most users still don't run an advertisements blocker. That's how those platforms thrive.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 4 points 3 days ago

Sex workers have to eat

[–] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 28 points 3 days ago (3 children)

People pay to use it? 🤨

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[–] ChetManly@lemmy.world 26 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Make sure to use it more on a free account and say thank you at the end to waste more of their money so they fold quicker.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I sure hope some dirty peasant doesn't figure out which specific types of queries cost OpenAI the most per request, and then create a script to repeatedly run those queries on free accounts.

That would be terrible.

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[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

let OpenAI go bankrupt hell yeah!!!

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 days ago (4 children)

I still don't get what AI is used for in business. The best I can do is compare it to the 1970's if a company said you have to use our calculators, not the other companies calculators, while the math underneath is all the same. Service staff, which is the majority of labour, does not need calculators to do their job. It almost seems like rich people like to experiment with gadgets but they don't want to risk their own money.

[–] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I keep wondering about this. Like I hear people use it to write emails, for example, so I'm thinking, I have information in my brain, and I need it to go to someone else. I can input that information into chatgpt, and have it write an email, or I can input that information into an email. Why add an extra step? Do people actually spend that much time adding inconsequential fluff to their emails that this is worthwhile? And if so, here's a revolutionary idea: instead of wasting vast amounts of resources fluffing and de-fluffing emails, how about, just write a concise email.

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Many people can't spell or think

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[–] drewaustin@piefed.ca 9 points 3 days ago

How are the going to track down all four of those paying subscribers? It’s impossible!

[–] NochMehrG@feddit.org 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

While I usually advise against it, the people I know who are paying customers use it for the one thing it is reasonably good at, wrangling text. Summarizing and writing stuff, that is not too important and just fixing it up afterwards instead of writing it all themselves.

[–] TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, unlike the techbro trend of NFTs, LLMs have distinct uses that they're good at. The problem I have with the AI craze is that they're trying to pretend like it can do fucking everything and they're chasing these stupid dreams of general AI by putting a dumb fuck autocorrect algorithm in everything and trying to say it's intelligent. Oh, also the AI label itself ruins the reputation of various machine learning applications that have historically done great work in various fields.

[–] ivanvector@piefed.ca 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The company I work for uses it to transcribe meetings. Every time I've reviewed its notes on a meeting where I've spoken, the transcription is reasonably accurate, but the summary is always wrong. Sometimes it's just a little wrong like it rounds off a number in a way that I wouldn't have, but sometimes it writes down that I said the literal opposite of what I actually said. Not great for someone working in finance.

I make note of it in my performance reviews, anticipating that someone in management will rely on one of those summaries to make a horrible business decision and then blame me for what the summary said. I'm positive it's going to happen eventually.

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[–] CatGPT@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

have they tried CatGPT?

Meow

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