Great AI Conflict of the 2020s
| Great AI Conflict of the 2020s | |||
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| Part of AI slop | |||
 "A bird in the hand is not worth three in the bush" |
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| Belligerents | |||
| 1st Analog Bastard Regiment (A.B.R.) | 9rd Prompt Twat Slop Division (P.T.S.D.) | ||
| Commanders and leaders | |||
| Alula of Röyksoppland | Noopnurf of Brexitland | ||
| Strength | |||
| - Alula of Röyksoppland
- Commander DaniPine3 | - Noopnurf of Brexitland |
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| Casualties and losses | |||
| DeviantArt (Flooded with AI slop) Reddit (Bots talking to bots replying to other bots) | Ukrainum.jpeg (huffed for being slop, later reinstated)
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| Non ragebaity discourse on the internet | |||
The Great AI Conflict of the 2020s (initially known as the War of the Six Fingers) is a socio-digital conflict between two distinct factions: the 9rd Prompt Twat Slop Division (P.T.S.D.), who regard generative AI as a tool for "democratizing creativity" by removing the need for skill, and the 1st Analog Bastard Regiment (A.B.R.), who argue that flooding the internet with algorithmic slurry is "perhaps not the best use of the world's electricity."
History[edit | edit source]
In the earliest hours of 2020, while bats were being chomped on in Wuhan and causing chaos, trouble was brewing in the online space. The emergence of so-called 'Artificial Intelligence' promised to change the face of productivity forever. At first the scene was sparse, with crudely animated versions of Will Smith eating spaghetti pervading the networks. Images and videos produced by AI began to be considered 'slop' due to their overall crappiness and meteoric rise across social media platforms. It stirred alarm in the artistic space, due to the fact that AI was initially trained on millions of users' photographs without consent (in practise however, no images were actually stolen - it did the equivalent of looking at a Rembrandt and drawing inspiration from the style, which artists have done for centuries).
Seeing dollar signs, platforms previously known for high quality art began to prioritise slop above human art, causing both a mass exodus from their platforms and a massive influx of photographs of women with three boobs, posted by accounts created 3 seconds ago under the title 'A7B36c&mcsdh0007821.jpg'. Places like DeviantArt were lost forever to the horde, as users left en masse and AI replaced them.
Damn near ruined the internet.
Schism[edit | edit source]
Divisions developed, with artists fighting back against AI, and a stigma emerged in the artistic community - where the mere mention of AI in any capacity would immediately induce vomiting from whoever heard the words. This was unfortunate, as what was supposed to be seen as a useful tool to help creators - many felt - was now hindering their creativity.
Fallout[edit | edit source]
As the AI systems grew, so too did the demands on the power grid. Reports of mass water usage, dry reservoirs, and power cuts began to emerge, with the major AI companies also needing to hoard RAM to keep up with demand - which caused a RAM shortage among users, which in turn drove prices up.
A 32GB stick of RAM which cost $100 yesterday suddenly cost $1000. People were understandably pissed.
War was declared[edit | edit source]
In the midst of this hostile atmosphere, the original intent of AI was almost completely lost. While AI still functioned as a useful tool, artists everywhere were primed against it, cursing and yelling at whoever dared use AI as it was originally intended. Meanwhile, the industry continued to change and improve despite people's outcry, because progress is progress, for better or worse. Among this crowd, any improvements gave way to the overall perception that AI would forever be slop.
Society was in effect seeing a new tech revolution, but as we all know - revolutions are always resisted by those who don't like change.
Benefits[edit | edit source]
Being able to generate a pixel-perfect photograph of Camilla Parker-Bowles dancing a jig while Barry Manilow milks a sheep for its cheese is entirely worth the $3 trillion invested.
Being able to ask AI detailed, in-depth questions, while the AI pulls from its incredibly vast resources to return a detailed, concise, almost-perfect answer is a good thing. The many years leading up to the creation of AI, where people lamented Google becoming more and more useless, has been replaced by networks that can answer questions more accurately than Google ever could. Even Google's own AI is better.
Being able to request detailed, accurate code has changed the way developers design websites. While at the start the coding functionalities were bumpy, fast forward to 2026 and it's an entirely different story.
Being able to rewrite your own paragraphs, improving grammar, sentence flow and punctuation - is a major benefit.
We're literally living in the future and the people are booing.