DEI Does Not Mean Lower Standards.

reblog if you think sign language should be taught as a language in schools.

Original comic by Rasenth

72% of Jewish Americans disapprove of Trump

Trump has low approval ratings from Reform (14%) and Conservative Jews (24%) and those with no particular denomination*, with only Orthodox (71%) which approves of Trump

Older Jewish Americans are more likely to disapprove of Trump (80% for 70+) than younger Jewish Americans (65% for ages 19-29). Which of you consider who older Jewish Americans were alive to see, that makes sense

However, the numbers for young people are driven mostly by young men, young women disapprove of Trump at significantly higher rates

57% of Jewish Americans oppose Trump's handling of antisemitism, with 50% strongly disapproving, only 30% approve. However this is also one of the only questions with a large number on the middle

71% of Jewish Americans oppose Trump's immigration policies

*Reconstructist Jews either were not included or not split off as a demographic due to small size.

Pour one out for a real one.

So the AI ask wasn't spam. I'd highly encourage you to do some research into how AI actually works, because it is neither particularly harmful to the environment, nor is it actually plagiarism.

Ignoring all of that however, my issue is that, fine, if you don't like AI, whatever. But people get so vitriolic about it. Regardless of your opinions on if it's valid art, your blog is usually a very positive place. It was kind of shocking to see you post something saying "fuck you if you disagree with me, your're a disgrace to the community." Just felt uncharacteristicly mean.

Even if you insist AI isn’t actively harmful to the environment or other writers (and the research I have done suggests it is, feel free to send me additional reading) and you simply MUST use prompts to generate personal content, nobody has any business posting it in a creative space for authors, which was the specific complaint addressed in that original post. While I’ll never say “fuck you for who you are as a person” on this blog, I might very well say “fuck you for harmful or rude actions you’ve taken willingly,” which is what that post was about.

Ao3 and similar platforms are designed as an archive for fan content and not a personal storage place for AI prompt results. It is simply not an appropriate place. If you look in the notes of the previous ask you will see other people have brought up additional reasons they have concerns about this practice.

A note on environmental effects for those who might not know: Generative AI requires MASSIVE amounts of data computers operating. As anyone who has held a laptop in their lap or run Civ VII on an aging desktop computer, computer équipement generates a lot of heat. Even some home and small-industrial computers have water-cooling systems. The amount of water demanded by AI computers is massive, even as parts of the world (even in America) experience water shortages. Besides this, it consumes a lot of power. The rising demand for AI and the improvements demanded to keep it viable mean this problem will continue to scale up rather than improve. Of course, those who benefit from the use of AI continue to downplay these concerns, and money is being funneled into convincing the public that these are not real concerns.

I have been openly against the use of generative AI, especially for art and writing, since its popularity rose in the last couple years. I’m sorry I wasn’t clearer about this stance sooner. I have asked my followers to alert me if I proliferate or share AI content, and continue to do so.

Yeah you could say I’m doing numbers on tumblr. And that numbers? One