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highplainsdem

(59,949 posts) Mon Dec 29, 2025, 01:15 PM Dec 29

If you support unions (DUers should) but still think it's OK to post AI slop, see the hundreds of Bluesky replies [View all]

to this post of AI slop. Real anger and outrage from union members and union supporters.

I posted about this earlier but didn't realize, till I saw one of the replies to my thread, that some people here still don't understand that anger and outrage.

I did post a very small selection of the responses, but that small selection really can't convey the backlash that users/supporters of genAI deservedly get from union members and supporters who are focused on the ongoing battle against those who harm and exploit workers.

So I'm posting this separate thread because on a message board where we should support unions, people need to understand just how jarring and disgusting posting AI slop here WILL look to a lot - probably the vast majority - of union members and supporters who are new to this board. Where we've been seeing more and more slop here as if it's harmless entertainment, or somehow effective in fighting Trump. I've been trying to make it clear to DUers that even if it's anti-Trump, it's still pro-AI and pro-exploitation and anti-worker and anti-artist and anti-human.

And if you use it, you undermine your own credibility if you want people to think you oppose all the harm done by genAI. Including to workers.

See the reactions in the replies, and the quote-reposts, to the Bluesky post below, AI slop posted by the head of a teacher's union. Viewing the replies will require clicking on the post to see it on a separate page on Bluesky. If you seem to have run out of replies after reading for a while, look for the link to click for more at the bottom left of the visible replies. If you don't know how to find the quote-repost type of reply where the comments on the message below are above the quoted message, you just click the word quotes below the message you'll see on Bluesky.

And please read ALL of them, if you don't understand why it's wrong to use genAI.

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If you support unions (DUers should) but still think it's OK to post AI slop, see the hundreds of Bluesky replies [View all] highplainsdem Dec 29 OP

A lot of AI is ridiculously obvious; but some are not. hlthe2b Dec 29 #1

Oops, wrong reply mike_c Dec 29 #4

I saved my reply to yours, if you want to repost your "don't throw out the baby with the bath water" highplainsdem Dec 29 #9

I know. But we have people here who are knowingly posting AI slop as if it's somehow a plus on a highplainsdem Dec 29 #6

True -- and I'm pretty confident that was the root purpose of this OP. KPN Dec 29 #35

So easy to spot, so awful. I've tried a few YouTube short NewHendoLib Dec 29 #2

And those AI-slop documentaries are flooding YouTube now, making it harder and harder to find real highplainsdem Dec 29 #16

And a lot of the AI slop that we see on social media PatSeg Dec 29 #23

As far as the ones that are less obvious.. mdbl Dec 29 #30

That's interesting PatSeg Dec 29 #36

Is this video from George Conway real or fake? Renew Deal Dec 29 #59

Fake, and it's labeled "Altered or synthetic content" on the video thumbnail, and the YouTube channel highplainsdem Dec 29 #63

This very upsetting, Highplainsdem!! brakester Tuesday #67

That youtube channel isn't affiliated with Conway at all. WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #68

Disclaimer brakester Wednesday #84

Kick SheltieLover Dec 29 #3

Thanks! highplainsdem Dec 29 #17

Yw SheltieLover Dec 29 #21

K&R. Thanks for your work. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 29 #5

You're welcome! Thanks for everything you've posted about this, too. highplainsdem Dec 29 #10

r&k MerryBlooms Dec 29 #7

Thank you! highplainsdem Dec 29 #18

Excellent responses in that thread. progressoid Dec 29 #8

I'll Second That! ProfessorGAC Dec 29 #13

Hundreds. There should be a link to see more replies when you get to the end of the first batch. highplainsdem Dec 29 #19

I Thought I Did ProfessorGAC Dec 29 #22

You have to click on her post here highplainsdem Dec 29 #24

I Did ProfessorGAC Dec 29 #41

Aren't they, though? As much as she upset her own union members and left them feeling betrayed, their highplainsdem Dec 29 #14

Generated AI for content is slop...but AI technology is here to stay and will continue to exponentially grow. Melon Dec 29 #11

GenAI is a technological dead end, inherently flawed with hallucinations, fundamentally unethical because of highplainsdem Dec 29 #12

Agreed on the ethics part of it but GenAI isn't going anywhere either. The bubble will burst but there will be survivors FascismIsDeath Tuesday #76

There's enough of a backlash already that I think we can reach a point where it's considered highplainsdem Tuesday #79

Yea I think you're giving our citizens way too much credit. FascismIsDeath Wednesday #81

I'm just going off what I've read and heard, but based on that, I'm expecting more and highplainsdem Wednesday #83

Oh yea, it definitely causes problems. FascismIsDeath Thursday #85

Microplastics are here to stay as well, doesn't mean we shouldn't try to eat less of them. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 29 #15

Right! highplainsdem Dec 29 #20

So what? Cirsium Dec 29 #26

You can be against anything...like the protest over cars versus buggy's Melon Dec 29 #50

Horrible Cirsium Dec 29 #52

No it's not. The race for AI dominance is driving all the market volatility we see... Melon Dec 29 #64

It's a bubble Cirsium Tuesday #66

No country is going to get to AGI, let alone ASI, building more data centers for genAI, which is the highplainsdem Dec 29 #58

Somebody tell Thom Hartman Bobstandard Dec 29 #25

Has he changed it recently? Cirsium Dec 29 #28

He shouldn't be using AI. It's an insult to real musicians and helps only AI bros. He could ask his highplainsdem Dec 29 #40

DU ain't as pro-union as it likes to think it is. LudwigPastorius Dec 29 #27

Well, we're all endangered by genAI now, and even if DUers aren't in unions, they need to understand highplainsdem Dec 29 #33

Opposing that bill didn't have anything to do with being anti-union EarlG Dec 29 #37

Thanks for explaining! Just googled the date for that and it was back when caregiving and highplainsdem Dec 29 #42

I disagree, and I'm not going to argue , but I will say... LudwigPastorius Dec 29 #43

I'm not opposed to meaningful legislation that would stem the tide of copyrighted works online EarlG Dec 29 #46

As I've told other DUers who were professional musicians, we'd love to hear your music, if you highplainsdem Dec 29 #61

SOPA awful though Polybius Dec 29 #62

Thanks Cirsium Dec 29 #29

You're very welcome! Thanks for the reply! highplainsdem Dec 29 #44

What worries me The Madcap Dec 29 #31

It's insane for companies to risk their own data that way. But I've never seen as much hype to highplainsdem Dec 29 #45

Feel like we should bring back the un-rec experiment nilram Dec 29 #32

Why would you want to unrec a post about how union members and supporters feel about AI slop? If highplainsdem Dec 29 #34

Wasn't clear: wanting to unrec AI slop, not this thread. nilram Dec 29 #48

Thanks for explaining! I'm relieved to hear that's what you meant. highplainsdem Dec 29 #51

Kicked for visibility. Seems our species denial of unintended consequences KPN Dec 29 #38

Thanks! And I agree that entirely too many people are unable to see or deliberately ignoring all the highplainsdem Dec 29 #47

I have earned my living... GiqueCee Dec 29 #39

I'm so sorry you ran into that. I agree that business types, suits, are often both too contemptuous of artists, and highplainsdem Dec 29 #55

Wow...I missed this...i guess bc I'm not really following stuff closely, being out of the field.... electric_blue68 Tuesday #73

I could hardly believe how vicious the "Chamber of Progress" people were when talking about highplainsdem Tuesday #74

Lord knows, most artists are not wealthy! electric_blue68 Tuesday #75

Astute business sense... GiqueCee Wednesday #82

As a former graphic designer, and sometimes illustrator, when not doing clerical work, and long time artist of 55+ yrs.. electric_blue68 Tuesday #72

I wish you the best of luck with the new painting, and I think the disgust with AI slop and the backlash highplainsdem Tuesday #77

Thanks for this breakdown, and for your good wishes! electric_blue68 Tuesday #80

"Anyone can be an artist now!" - AI Tech Bros Oneironaut Thursday #86

Would that the subject matter be in a glass jar, controlled. cachukis Dec 29 #49

I'm outraged... WarGamer Dec 29 #53

I'm amused that you think that's a good reply countering what all those people were saying. But hey, highplainsdem Dec 29 #56

No way to block it on here, is there? TommyT139 Dec 29 #54

A forum just for posting AI slop and talking about how wonderful AI is would be an even worse look highplainsdem Dec 29 #57

Block what? Renew Deal Dec 29 #60

Add AI "artwork" to that list, I'd say (nt) Orrex Tuesday #78

kick highplainsdem Tuesday #65

Kick electric_blue68 Tuesday #69

Thanks! highplainsdem Tuesday #70

YW electric_blue68 Tuesday #71

I'm a creative, I'll never support the use of "AI" for any reason. None at all. mucholderthandirt Friday #87