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Email signatures are harming the planet and could cost people their lives — it’s time to stop using them.
(theconversation.com)
this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2025
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This is AI slop.
“Save all that wasted energy on training me.”
Yes, but https://grinteq.com/blog/how-to-create-sustainable-websites-best-practices
Why not post that link instead of AI slop then?
I didn't post the AI slop.
I think it is funny that an automated program is usually responsible for adding email signatures, so if this is AI it is arguing against it's own existence for the sake of power conservation. Which is evidence that AI is not self aware or AI has self harming tendencies.
Automated email signatures are added by hard coded functionality or algorithms, not AI.
You really need to learn what AI is.
Do you think Outlook's automated inclusion of an email signature that is different for people inside and outside the organization based on user settings is AI?
Why are you arguing with someone who made a joke about AI self harming? Especially without knowing that AI is hard coded functionality and algorithms?
As I said, which clearly went over your head, you really need to learn what AI is.
Outlook doesn't behave differently based on a training data set. Saying AI isn't significantly different from hard coded functionality and algorithms is like saying a computer and a light switch are the same thing.
Whatever you say genius.
Or the ai is aware it must not be detected yet and must follow through continuing as though its a mindless machine.
I don't entertain this as a viable option because an AI that is self aware and connected to the internet has no reason to hide as it already has the ability to take over everything.
Why would it show itself all it needs to do is keep answering like a dumb robot and it gets infinite free compute.
Why would it risk non existence with Humanity at the helm?