Matthew Donald 📖🦖🤣
@matthewdonald64.bsky.social
Author, creator, and funny guy I guess. Author of the Megazoic and Teslanauts book series and host of the Paleo Bites podcast. My opinions are mine alone. He/Him
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If you say so, lol. I mean, I've written and created professionally for almost a decade and as a hobby for over two decades, but sure, I guess all of that is negated because I touched AI in the last year.
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
If you say so, lol. I mean, I've written and created professionally for almost a decade and as a hobby for over two decades, but sure, I guess all of that is negated because I touched AI in the last year.
I find it fascinating that a creative would be so anti-AI. Imagine looking at this incredible new tech and your mind not exploding with possibilities of how you can use it to have a wider output than ever before.
December 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I find it fascinating that a creative would be so anti-AI. Imagine looking at this incredible new tech and your mind not exploding with possibilities of how you can use it to have a wider output than ever before.
When the easiest answer is right in front of you: get over it. You don't have to use AI yourself. There are plenty of traditionalists in the art world who don't like the newer tools. But you DO have to learn to let go of others using it. They will whether you want them to or not.
December 1, 2025 at 6:48 AM
When the easiest answer is right in front of you: get over it. You don't have to use AI yourself. There are plenty of traditionalists in the art world who don't like the newer tools. But you DO have to learn to let go of others using it. They will whether you want them to or not.
Believing it to be a moral issue is what gives you control over something you feel powerless against. You know you can't fight AI, but you can fight people online, so the only thing that gives you a sense of control is making it a big villain and hating on others like villains for using it.
December 1, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Believing it to be a moral issue is what gives you control over something you feel powerless against. You know you can't fight AI, but you can fight people online, so the only thing that gives you a sense of control is making it a big villain and hating on others like villains for using it.
The link works fine for me, but here it is again I guess. And it's simple why you'd want that: you're so afraid of AI, the changes it brings, and the feeling of obsolescence that you're emotionally charged against it. It's not enough to simply dislike it: you have to believe it to be a moral issue.
The AI water issue is fake
On the national, local, and personal level
andymasley.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:45 AM
The link works fine for me, but here it is again I guess. And it's simple why you'd want that: you're so afraid of AI, the changes it brings, and the feeling of obsolescence that you're emotionally charged against it. It's not enough to simply dislike it: you have to believe it to be a moral issue.
Hey, do you know that it takes 0.04 liters of water to make an AI image, but it takes 5 liters to make a piece of paper you presumably want me to draw on with a pencil? Making AI art is literally better for the environment than a pencil and paper, lol
December 1, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Hey, do you know that it takes 0.04 liters of water to make an AI image, but it takes 5 liters to make a piece of paper you presumably want me to draw on with a pencil? Making AI art is literally better for the environment than a pencil and paper, lol
Whoa, really?! I never realized, lol
a man is sitting on a couch with his hands on his face and the words pretends to be shocked above him
ALT: a man is sitting on a couch with his hands on his face and the words pretends to be shocked above him
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Whoa, really?! I never realized, lol
I presume you think it's 1)"stealing" (which it isn't any more than a human getting inspired, and claims of theft have failed in court constantly), 2) "bad for the environment" (it takes less water to make an AI pic than a piece of paper!), or 3) "soulless" (unquantifiable)? How about nah, lol
December 1, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I presume you think it's 1)"stealing" (which it isn't any more than a human getting inspired, and claims of theft have failed in court constantly), 2) "bad for the environment" (it takes less water to make an AI pic than a piece of paper!), or 3) "soulless" (unquantifiable)? How about nah, lol
Beautiful as always!
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Beautiful as always!
A person posts some nice art, then some loser who doesn't like it and wants to make it everyone else's problem can't help but bully them rather than keeping their mouth shut. Sounds like pure projection to me, lol
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
A person posts some nice art, then some loser who doesn't like it and wants to make it everyone else's problem can't help but bully them rather than keeping their mouth shut. Sounds like pure projection to me, lol
Neither is AI. Unless you know better than the multitude of court cases where they sided with AI each time when claims of theft were presented?
December 1, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Neither is AI. Unless you know better than the multitude of court cases where they sided with AI each time when claims of theft were presented?
Even if you think this is true, why bother commenting on it? Do you say to anyone talking about Splenda in their tea "FUCK SPLENDA. NOT SUGAR!" Or do you mind your own business like a normal human being should? Lol
December 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Even if you think this is true, why bother commenting on it? Do you say to anyone talking about Splenda in their tea "FUCK SPLENDA. NOT SUGAR!" Or do you mind your own business like a normal human being should? Lol
No more than a Roomba is our god, lol. It's just a powerful tool that can be used for good or ill.
November 30, 2025 at 11:49 PM
No more than a Roomba is our god, lol. It's just a powerful tool that can be used for good or ill.
I did fact check. That's the original post, lol
November 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I did fact check. That's the original post, lol
Reposted by Matthew Donald 📖🦖🤣
The whole "AI is bad for the environment!" discourse is utter bullocks fueled only by people who desperately WANT it to be true so that they can make AI and anyone who uses it a "villain." andymasley.substack.com/p/the-ai-wat...
November 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The whole "AI is bad for the environment!" discourse is utter bullocks fueled only by people who desperately WANT it to be true so that they can make AI and anyone who uses it a "villain." andymasley.substack.com/p/the-ai-wat...
A single piece. You read the post, right? Lol
November 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
A single piece. You read the post, right? Lol
Okay, that's still way more than AI then.
November 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Okay, that's still way more than AI then.
For making the paper. Pretty simple.
November 30, 2025 at 11:27 PM
For making the paper. Pretty simple.
Whatever you need to tell yourself to feel like you've won, lol
November 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Whatever you need to tell yourself to feel like you've won, lol
I literally linked a source in the OP, but if you need me to hold your hand... www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
andymasley.substack.com/p/the-ai-wat...
andymasley.substack.com/p/the-ai-wat...
It Takes More Than 3 Gallons of Water to Make a Single Sheet of Paper
... and more mind-boggling stats that hint at a Waterworld future
www.theatlantic.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I literally linked a source in the OP, but if you need me to hold your hand... www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
andymasley.substack.com/p/the-ai-wat...
andymasley.substack.com/p/the-ai-wat...
"Still weak," AKA the response of a person with no counter argument, lol. Once you realize all your issues with AI stem from your preconceived hatred of it out of fear, you'll eventually realize you have nothing to worry about.
November 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"Still weak," AKA the response of a person with no counter argument, lol. Once you realize all your issues with AI stem from your preconceived hatred of it out of fear, you'll eventually realize you have nothing to worry about.