ai fuccin sux

a blog to educate on how to spot ai. which shouldn't need to exist yet here we are. Send in posts for me to pick apart to see if theyre ai or not

[anti-ai-school]

Hello, welcome.

I made this blog to help people recognize gen ai images to avoid supporting it in any capacity. This blog will also focus on media literacy and using critical thinking skills.

Why?

Generative AI (not the ai that recognizes cancer cells) is a type of ai that steals from artists and takes credit, nearly always without the artist's knowledge or permission. Essentially it is plagiarism wrapped up in a fun, environmentally devistating package.

It is also extremely environmentally taxing, as gallons of fresh water are used to make a single image. I was going to include a source link but just look up "environmental impact of ai"

Which, you should be looking up third party sources if you want to know the truth anyway.

How do I know which source to trust?

Not all large media outlets can be trusted, but if several of the big ones that are considered actual news outlets (Fox News is not a news outlet, it is offically labeled as "entertainment") are saying the exact same thing as statements from universities, its probably true.

Short answer: cross reference

I also found this site if you want to know some statistics quick and easy

I don't care about artists or the environment, why can't I use gen ai?

Oh boy, well first of all change your fucking attitude, the environment made you and artists made the world around you.

Secondly, other than the planet in which we live and your fellow human being workers rights and livleyhoods, it's mediocre. It takes the art away from art and just kinda... scrumbles something together.

Why bother to enjoy something someone couldn't be bothered to create? Why exist in this world if all you do is keep your head down and accept any slop put in front of you? You're a person, I'm gonna need you to act like it.

[anti-ai-school]

@smoothwhisper is a gen ai blog that does not list their posts as ai. Below is a recent example the isn't immediately clear as being ai unless you spend a lot of time looking at moon pics.

I tried to rb to comment, but, unsurprisingly, it looks like they have me blocked. I wonder why that is?

First step: to determine if something is ai, the easiest way is to check the source. Going on their blog, you are immediately met with this image.

Obviously ai, thanks to the planks on the bench, see how they don't line up? I also included the tags because this person is claiming this is photography, a real medium in art. It's insulting and misleading. Other images on their blog are strange and don't always make sense, like fences not matching up and an owl with too many toes.

Another tell is the replies. Why would a seemingly non-controversial photo have replies turned off? Unless, people were pointing out it's ai?

Next step: block this user, and (Kindly!!!!) inform the person you saw reblog it that it is ai. And that's it! You did a good thing, trying to minimize slop we see on the internet.

We know the ecological impact generative ai is having on our environment, with thousands and thousands of gallons of water being wasted every single day. @smoothwhisper is complicit. These people do not care.

Verdict: Generative Ai

Don't forget: Support real artists!!

[mossworm]

worm for you

[depsidase]

[helluvaandhazbinarelife]

@i-add-sources I know Ais fucking horrid for the environment, but is the pouring out a bottle of water statement correct?

[i-add-sources]

A bottle of water per email: the hidden environmental costs of using AI chatbots

AI needs a lot of electricity and water to stay cool in data centers. We break down the toll prompt-by-prompt to show the scale of AI’s envi

This research used the same methodology as this paper on water use by ai models, that focused on gpt-3's water use. Gpt-3 used about 500ml for 10-50 medium-length responses, gpt-4 uses 519ml to generate one 100-word email:

Total water use depends on data center location as some (with cheaper electricity) use air-cooling over water-cooling

This is true

more on the environmental impact of ai:

Reblog by @i-add-sources · 1 image

💬 2  🔁 31452  ❤️ 29674 · Their Water Taps Ran Dry When Meta Built Next Door · In the race to develop artificial intelligence, tech giants ar

Reblog by @i-add-sources · 2 images

💬 43  🔁 14814  ❤️ 14027 · Gina Neff intervieuw with the BBC. The quote in the post is correct. The 117 number comes from this Feb 17, 2025

screenshots from paper:

[punksandcannonballers]

you are not immune to reblogging ai and thinking it’s not ai. you are not the master ai sleuth you think you are

[punksandcannonballers]

I have seen multiple ppl on my dash who frequently share anti-ai posts recently reblog things that I either know from previous experience are ai or set off a flag in my brain and I spend extra time trying to determine and come away pretty convinced it’s ai. I’m not trying to vaguepost but more say like, gang, it’s time to admit not all ai is so obvious and we’re not all super geniuses born with the Human Spark that can tell what’s real and what’s fake

[anti-ai-school]

Absolutely!! We also shouldn't have to but here we are. If youre unsure, send in a submission to me and maybe we can pick it apart :)

[radiojamming]

It's the Bonclave (bird conclave) today in my backyard, to elect the Bope (bird pope). The cardinals are deep in discussion.

[killbenedictcumberbatchagain]

Somehow it's still AI

[radiojamming]

?? ?????? Yes of course the pure whimsy of nature has to be computer-generated and there is no alternative

[anti-ai-school]

Hey there accuser! Your bad faith makes you look like an asshole! I can tell very easily this isn't gen ai, but let's look into why:

1. Source. This is the easiest way to tell if something is ai. Look at the source, if they're not posting a bunch of images that look off, and they seem to be a normal account, especially if they said they took the photo, its probably not ai

2. Straight lines. Gen ai has problems with straight lines, especially when those lines go behind other lines and connect to more straight lines. I highlighted some very clear examples of this, the shepards hook thats holding up the feeders is very telling

3. Does it make sense? Can I identify nearly or everything in the photo? I was already able to tell it was a shepards hook with feeders, but lets take a closer look

Whoa! Look at those cardinals. They have beaks and feathers and look like real birds. I can even tell the blurry one is a female and has a beak and wings and stuff too. Its no doubt, these are birds!

Gen ai is pretty ok at replicating the randomness and blurry nature of trees and branches in the background, so lets look at something complex and man made.

This bench is a perfect example. Do you see how you can make out each and every diamond shape? Do you see how the lines all connect and make sense? Its also obviously a bench or chair, I can decern what it is with very little effort

Accusers mean well, but ultimatly assuming someones very normal backyard photo is ai is unhelpful, and even if it was ai, reblogging is not the move

Verdict: Not Gen Ai