The recent viral fad to create cute, self styled action figure pictures of yourself or a favourite pet is not the best use of AI ever imagined. Each image uses lots of GPU time and that means lots of energy. An article on Techradar raises concerns about this massive misuse of AI fueled by this FOMO trend. Even Sam Altman likes the idea, but he says it's melting the OpenAI GPUs.Wednesday, April 16, 2025
AI Action Figures, cute but not best use of AI
The recent viral fad to create cute, self styled action figure pictures of yourself or a favourite pet is not the best use of AI ever imagined. Each image uses lots of GPU time and that means lots of energy. An article on Techradar raises concerns about this massive misuse of AI fueled by this FOMO trend. Even Sam Altman likes the idea, but he says it's melting the OpenAI GPUs.
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