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[–] 93 points 2 years ago

Post is funny, but AI memes are weird

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  • [–] 70 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    The EVs the government really ought to be subsidizing are electric bicycles, not cars.

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    [–] 48 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

    Is this ai generated ? or is it just poorly photoshoped because there's a lot of texture detail missing from the image

    Edit: it also looks like someone told it to make Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and it created a Asian-European version of her because the face seems to similar

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    [–] 45 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    Electric cars are still a 3 ton object you'll needlessly try to dispose of in 5 years.

    Electric cars are here to save the car companies, not the environment.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You fail to see how basing an economy on the premise of (almost) everyone relying on 1.5ton machine to get around? I fail to see what's so difficult to see

    While relatively better, it's still incredibly wasteful

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    [–] 34 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Not only does pink girl have 5 knuckles where one would expect to find only 4, but she's also somehow in the drivers seat at the same time as Glasses. And she's wearing her backpack while also seated.

    Man, AI sucks.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    90+% of the AI generated content is just straight garbage.

    I don't get why people are so obsessed with it to be honest.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    I got AI to generate an image very similar to a piece of digital artwork I did, based on a description. In the space of 10 or so seconds, it created something that looks much better than the piece that took me like 4 hours to do. And I think it really captured the mood and spirit of what I originally made.

    I think AI can generate some really excellent pieces, sometimes it just takes a few regenerations and changes to your description prompt. Although it's not perfect, it's become pretty amazing IMO.

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    [–] 32 points 2 years ago

    AI generated memes are truly the nadir of comedy

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I don't drive a car, so where's my money for saving the planet? Where are my rebates for shoes and bikes?

    Subsidizing the car industry is indeed dumb. I don't think it's hurting the economy though, as the goal is to continue to sell and replace millions of cars. Still, the infrastructure for cars is probably costing us much more on the long term though. Maintenance of expressways, space for parkings, and other infra for cars costs billions.

    Just replacing a single expressway interchange in my city cost 4.3 billion! For ONE interchange.

    So again, where are the rebates for people taking public transit? Where are the investments in public transit? Why is it only on the condition of BUYING A CAR?

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago*

    Worth noting that the recent Infrastructure bill passed under Biden includes $108 billion for public transportation (Link). This is much larger than the $7.5B set aside for electric vehicles.

    As much as I despise our car-centric infrastructure, climate change is a large enough threat that we should seriously consider and pursue multiple avenues of decreasing our emissions as fast as possible. Fully transitioning away from auto-dominant transportation in the US is, frankly, not realistic in a timely manner with the public support and resources available. Not only will transportation infrastructure need changing, but even the design of our cities. So while we should pursue broader public transportation, we should also pursue other initiatives with high likelihood of broad acceptance and rapid implementation. Electric vehicles seems to be one such initiative.

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    [–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I bought a 2002 Honda insight. One of the first hybrids, except the electric motor went out, so it's all gas now. Still got slapped with an extra $150 so called "hybrid tax" so the state can subsidize a lower usage of gas that they would have received tax on. Literally incentivizes gasoline vehicles. What the fuck?

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    [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    imagine how many e-bikes you could buy for $7500

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  • 2.5/10.

    Not a strong effort.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Someone explain who's the good lad here?

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    That, and also why it looks (and possibly is) generated by an AI?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Off? That's not how tax credits work

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