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@TechTangents@dialup.space

2026-05-13 15:07 UTC

This is a waste of compute, a waste of energy, a waste of physical materials, a waste of transportation, and a waste of money. My grandmother got a refund. But think of how many people won't, on an unlimited scale across genres. The amateur end of this this and many other hobbies will be choked out by garbage. I don't have call to action for this, I have no idea what we can do other than educate those around us to make individual choices to not engage with deluge of slop around us.

Replies (7)

  • @TechTangents@dialup.space These AI Books on Crafting Hobbies really drive me up the wall... There is so many issues with this for real people who create stuff like this for a living.... :neobun_llenn_scream:

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  • @TechTangents@dialup.space Amazon doesn't give two shits and a fuck about fuses that don't pop on their site let alone this. They only can get away with 2 day shipping because your local home depot charges 4x the price if the items weren't stolen the day before and your local store stopped selling the item you wanted too

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  • @TechTangents@dialup.space I appreciate this! I'm currently updating a digital reboot seminar I teach locally to include much more info about AI/LLMs, and I would love to use this info. Are you okay with me using these images for teaching purposes? I'm teaching the new AI-focused 3rd session next week to a group of mostly senior ladies, and I think they would really appreciate seeing this example. Here's the web page I keep for the seminar: https://alisonwilder.com/digital-reboot

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  • @courtcan@mastodon.social 2026-05-13 17:10

    @TechTangents@dialup.space One thing we can do is leave a negative, anti-AI, one-star review. https://a.co/d/0cCrBVC1

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  • @joannaholman@aus.social 2026-05-13 22:56

    @TechTangents@dialup.space @Su_G@aus.social there’ll also be plenty of people whom end up with a more plausible looking AI crochet pattern, pour hours of work into following the instruction and end up heartbroken that the piece they were making fails

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  • @TechTangents@dialup.space This is important and an excellent example of the fraud and waste currently at play.

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  • @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org 2026-05-14 01:56

    @TechTangents@dialup.space gaaahhhh

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