I feel so bad for c.ai addicts

yes I said addicts

I know a lot of people say on here 'if you use c.ai unfollow me' and 'AI doesn't belong in fandom' which I agree with, but I think the anger is directed to the wrong place

As a recovered c.ai addict/over user and as someone who has many friends who are deep in their own, c.ai is like a rabbithole.

It targets teenagers/young people, and most users I find are dealing with some kind of loneliness.

Now some of you are probably thinking this is ridiculous. How could someone get addicted to an AI chat bot? But I want you to put yourself in these kids shoes.

You know how hard being a teenager is, especially if you're dealing with a mental illness of some kind. Maybe you experienced it yourself, maybe not, but imagine dealing with all that, having a deep sense of loneliness and finding this place where you're promised an escape where you can talk to characters and people that bring you so much comfort, where you can get the social interaction you crave without having to worry about being judged or messing up.

Sounds enticing, right?

To them, it's harmless fun. it's like a interactive fanfic, where they get to play a role in the story and dictate the outcome, but for them it's taking a place in their lives where friends and human interaction should. I know multiple people who have told me that if they're not doing school or using c.ai, they're dead.

Again, these are kids. They don't see it as an addiction. They see it as an iconic, silly thing they do. It's not drugs or alcohol, so it can't be an addiction, right?

There's hundred's of thousands, if not millions, of kids with that mentality using c.ai, and c.ai isn't stupid. They're a business. There's ads on the app, they sell these kids chats to google to train gemini, and there's a goddamn subscription you can buy. $15aud a month. To get more c.ai features.

So yes, AI doesn't belong in fandom spaces, and c.ai certainly doesn't deserve to be one of the pivotal fandom websites, but the burden of that shouldn't be on the kids that are addicted to it. It should be on the capitalistic business that is taking advantage of them.

My history teacher encouraged us to use AI to help us revise for our upcoming history test

You know what I'm gonna do?

Revise like a MAN 🗣️🔥🔥PAPER🔥🗣️🗣️PEN🔥🗣️🗣️ INFINITE KNOWLEDGE 🗣️🔥🗣️🔥🗣️

WHICH ONE(S)!? There's like 3 yaois

Yeah so

My hair is getting DYED red AND purple now

Yeah not enough red dye in the box, had to use some pirpl

:3

THE PURPE DIDNT SHOW UP BUT ALL THE RED DID SO NOW I HAVE MY ORIGINAL FULL RED HAIR

I also have red hair (this is the only drawing i have of imp right now)

imagine if an offical account's post gets voiced over by one of those tumblr voiceover guys like cobblecat and shumby. wouldnt it be cool

If I was voiced over by cobble or shumby I would brag about it to my sibling because they showed me cobble and shumby lol

@cobblecatyt shoot this imp on the spot

@cobblecatyt don't shoot me

imagine if an offical account's post gets voiced over by one of those tumblr voiceover guys like cobblecat and shumby. wouldnt it be cool

If I was voiced over by cobble or shumby I would brag about it to my sibling because they showed me cobble and shumby lol

I think I might have anxiety.

The person who evaluated me for autism and adhd agrees

Hello I have tag game for everyone! Join in if you wish!!

Question 1: Any New Year’s Resolutions?

Question 2: Favorite Time of the Year?

Question 3: Favorite Band?

Question 4: Hardest Sketch you made of something?

Question 5: Favorite thing to do when bored?

this sounds fun!

This thing took multiple days. It takes the cake for hardest sketch because of the sheer amount of detail and individual items. And then keeping a consistent value in the shaded vs light regions while simultaneously defining each individual form?? Aagh. it turned out really cool though, so I can’t complain much. 5. when I’m bored, I usually end up pouring time into the vortex of idle tumblr and instagram checking, YouTube perusing, and perhaps Pinterest collecting. But I like to draw, I like listening to my podcasts, and I like working on my various creative projects.

Thanks for the tag, I now pass it on to: @stevecity @randooffthestreet @whimsical-laboratory-tragedy @kadisiyuswyrd @mayday-gayday @macabre13darling @thereisnomilkk @writing-books-is-fun and moot I forgor (sorry) or anyone who sees and wishes to join in (be not afraid)

THANK U FOR THE TAG!!!!!!!

1. To not fail any more tests

2. Autumn, I hate wearing winter coats but I also hate the heat of summer lol

3. Tie between my chemical romance and BABYMETAL

4.Any paleoart j have made, cause I mostly do skeletons

5. Drawing, it's basically all I do lol! But I also like playing sonic and touhou

Tags: @jettmstdiee @shoshialyakward @motherdoesntloveuanymore @cheesinternationalalliance @stanely-pines @mikequeeler007 @everydayknifeday @everything-offical @witchexia @florallullaby @fr4nkiemstdie @iamsonormalabtmyinterests @ricky2763 @waiting4thestarstoalign @spentra @cartoonghost @killj0y-swagg0t @stanely-pines @divineskylar @swiftdee + everyone who wants to join! Happy new year!!!

1: to finally sell my house and move, and to get better at my spirituality

2: autumn <3

3: MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE‼️‼️‼️ and msi, frank iero, and system of a down

4: prolly this one sketch of lynz way I did and a drawing of Gerard way

5: draw, craft, blog, and dilly dally

Npt: @gerardwaygoonerfinalboss @touch3d-by-ang3ls-the2nd @beanzbyartificalmeans @writing-books-is-fun @lizbizeeee @the-pope-offical @miranaisnotdead @shoshialyakward @mournyou @avemoon444 @ricardian-werewolf @/anyone else bc I'm bad at remembering urls💔

thx for the tag!

@imp-offical @nepal-offical @meowmeowmeowmeow12346 @/anyone else too i forgot urls

Uhhhhh who do I know? @no-one-offical @evil-bread-offical @gunlicker-offical @devils-advocate-offical + anyone else who wants to