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"Hmhmhmhm~" Jade hummed as she walked by, then noticed Futaba sitting by herself on a bench in a fetal position. "Hmm?"
Jade walked over to her. "Hey sweetie, what's up? Why do you look down in the dumps?"
"...People suck." She mumbled.
"Unfortunately, that's true… I wouldn't worry about them though."
"No, this is different…" Futaba mumbled. "Check your Tweester…"
Jade sat down next to her, pulling out her scroll and looked through. "Huh? Why am I not seeing you in my friend's list? You deleted your social media?"
"Someone… decided to make an AI copy of my voice without my permission. I caught wind of it and politely asked them to take it down. They complied, but then suddenly, everyone and their mothers attacked me for no good reason… I couldn't take it anymore."
"Oh gosh…"
"Hmhmhm-" Epsilon walked by and noticed the duo. "Sup?" He greeted as he walked by, then stopped. "Hey, what's got four eyes down?"
"Some folk bullied me off of Tweester."
Epsilon tilted his head. "What for? Some of them had enough of your "cute" shitposts?"
"No, this is worse." Jade said. "Apparently a lot of folks pushed her into deleting her socials because someone made an AI copy of Futaba. She politely asked them to get rid of it… and a lot of people chewed her out to the point where she had to remove herself from the platform."
"Someone. Made an AI. To copy your voice without permission. But suddenly YOU'RE the bad guy?"
"Yeah…"
Epsilon clenched his fists. "Ooooh, that does it." He growled. "Jade, go treat your girlfriend right. I've got a bone to pick with some folks."
"Come on, babe." Jade gently picked her up and walked off.
"Why do people suuuuuuck!"
Later…
"Ooookay, I didn't think I'd be doing this, but enough is enough." Epsilon said. "Lakitu, you got the camera rolling?"
"Yup!"
Epsilon clapped his hands together as the other AI came out of him. "Alright. Here we go. Sup. I'm Epsilon from Red vs Blue."
"I am Delta."
"I'm Theta."
"Gamma."
"I am Sigma."
"...Wait, hold on a moment. Be right back." Epsilon said as he walked off camera. "HEY DOC!"
"Yes, what is it? Wait, why are you holding that sniper rifle like that? YOOOOWCH!"
"FREEDOOOOOOM! MWAHAHAHAHA- wait, why are you dragging me to that camera. Unhand me before I strangle your data!"
"O'Malley, it's complicated."
"Enlighten me!"
"AI takeover. Futaba bullied off Tweester-"
"The four eyed dork has been bullied off of Tweester? It certainly wasn't my doing for once!"
"Yeah yeah yeah…"
Epsilon pushed O'Malley into the spotlight.
"What are you assholes doing?" Tex walked in.
"Something about the four eyed Maiden being bullied off the socials from some kind of AI takeover or something." O'Malley said.
"...Oh, we're doing that? I want in."
"Good." Epsilon said.
Tex turned around. "Hey, I'm Agent Texas from Red vs Blue."
"I'm O'Malley. Kneel before me, cowards!"
"And… we're gonna cover AI in this one."
BGM: Space Paranoids (Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMix)
PSA: Artificially Unintelligent
Epsilon cleared his throat. "To the uninitiated, AI is basically Artificial Intelligence and well… it's been kinda getting out of hand. Actually, WAY out of hand. Seriously, Hollywood's been on strike for this."
Confessional - Deadpool
"This dumb AI is the reason why Deadpool 3 is delayed! You think this is some kind of joke?! I've been dreaming about this and now AI is the reason why Hugh Jackman has been delayed to the big screen! And Hollywood pushed writers out to focus on AI? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?! HUGH JACKMAN IS A NATIONAL TREASURE! …Well, second national treasure. Ryan Reynolds is the GOAT for a reason!"
End Confessional
"Seriously, have you seen what AI can do? Have you seen the movies?" Tex asked. "Terminator, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Tron, 2001: A Space Odyssey, M3gan, they all got evil AI in there and believe me, they all suck."
"Personally, I'd say they're all pretty cool people. I wonder if Ultron is still available so we can hang out. The latest Doctor Strange movie proves he's still around!" O'Malley said.
"Regardless, AI can be used for good. However, a lot of people tend to use it for… undesirable actions." Delta said. "Like, AI Art."
Confessional - Yusuke
"AI Art is ruining the world of art. It takes anything from anyone's drawings and puts it into one singular painting. It's pathetic that some folks want to stoop so low. It's one thing to use AI if you have trouble with a certain subject on a person, but the whole canvas? It's absolutely absurd! …There's one saving grace about it. They're not good with hands."
End Confessional
BB-8 put the brush down and beeped proudly, turning around and poking Chiaki who was playing a game.
"Hmm?" Chiaki turned her head, noticing the canvas. "Oh, that's beautifu-... um, sweetie? My chest isn't that big. Not to mention I don't have seven fingers on each hand."
BB-8 turned around to look at the painting and then back at Chiaki, he tilted his head with some confused beeps.
Confessional - Chiaki
"I mean, he nailed my posture pretty well along with me playing Fire Emblem but…"
She turned the painting around.
"My cup size isn't… Senran Kagura last I checked."
She giggled. "Still, it's an A for effort though."
End Confessional
"AI Art is… a touchy subject." Epsilon said. "On the one hand, if you have trouble with a certain area, you can ask the AI to assist you if you struggle in one area. However, if you use the whole canvas… that's an issue."
"Yeah, because it goes around the internet and steals features from other works that other people have made without their consent, which is why AI Art is completely taboo." Tex said. "That's not cool."
"Indeed. People worked hard on those drawings. The last thing they need is some robot to steal a piece of its identity and invalidate all their hard work." Delta said.
"Regardless, if you feel the need to use AIArt, use it at your own discretion." Sigma said. "Or don't. It's entirely up to you."
"Now let's talk about using AI for writing." Epsilon said. "HOOOO BOY, that's gonna be fun…"
Confessional - Nan
"It's because of AI is why Flash stopped writing his stories. Seriously, it's got him down in the dumps. Go read his stories, it'll cheer him up! Might i suggest Pokemon Sun: A Ranger's Trials and Pokemon Legends: Rangers of Hisui? They're good reads! Maybe leave a review and say that I sent ya there? You don't have to though. But seriously, AI writing scripts is so dumb…"
End Confessional
"Where do we even begin with this?" Epsilon asked. "Because holy crap, this needs to be stopped. You want to know why strikes are happening all over Hollywood? That's why. Apparently the higher ups haven't given their fair share of cash to writers and they were planning on slowly getting rid of them for AI writers. They striked for a reason."
"I'm surprised no one burned Hollywood. There's no pizazz in a strike if you don't burn the establishment to the ground! Mwahahahaha!" O'Malley cackled.
"I agree." Sigma nodded.
"Ditto!" Gamma agreed.
"Whoa! Let's not burn it down!" Theta protested.
"...Would burning a bush suffice?" O'Malley asked.
"Regardless, there is some benefit to using AI to help you write. Like, say if you have a broken arm or a bad wrist and you can't write really well. You can use the AI to help you write some ideas down and then edit it along the way. That can be beneficial if you're unable to write with two hands." Tex said. "Heck, if you're feeling like you got writer's block or you can't figure out how to start a chapter, you can use that to jumpstart your brain."
"However!" Epsilon spoke up. "Just because you can use that for good doesn't mean it's always beneficial. Like, doing that is one thing but replacing folks for AI just to write scripts for movies? That's not beneficial, that's just straight up maliciously lazy! All for what, a quick buck to make movies more efficient? You do realize that's not good, right?"
"Yeah, it's why Hollywood is on strike and all the actors are protesting!" O'Malley said. "...If I were them, I'd burn it to the ground."
"We are NOT burning anything!" Tex said.
"Party poopers…" Gamma grumbled.
"Seriously, pay your actors more and they wouldn't have had to strike because you thought using AI would be good! Yeah right…" Epsilon scoffed. "Trust me when I say this… but getting rid of your writers for AI? You're putting folks out of the job! And believe me, AI pretty much sucks when it comes to writing!"
"Guys? I need some help with this poem. What rhymes with "Eiffel Tower"?" Miku asked.
"Schmeifel Shower?" Len asked.
"Striker Slacker!" Rin smiled.
"Flaffell Poser?" Luka guested.
"I do not think anything rhymes with "Eiffel Tower"." GLaDOS said.
"Oooh, I'm sure there's something that can be done with it." Miku said.
Confessional - Miku
"My love yearns like a child staring off from the Eiffel Tower
It burns bright like the sun
May it bring everlasting life in the Schnitzel Poker
And may it bring love like a hamburger bun."
Miku groaned, crinkling the paper up and tossing it to the side.
"Nope… I should definitely stick with songwriting…"
End Confessional
"Use AI sparingly… or better yet, don't use it at all." Tex said. "AI is better to be used as constructs or people."
"Even then, that's a massive risk. You never know when they'll… malfunction and cause global extinction. Better yet, make them holographic and things will turn out okay. Hopefully!" Epsilon nodded.
Confessional - Cortana
"Yeah… it's not like I'll just… abandon John for a galactic conquest, wake up some constructs, ally with some tribe, blow up Australia and some worlds, and then self destruct on a Halo Ring, right? Hahaha, that's crazy, right? …RIGHT?!"
"Are you feeling okay?" Chief asked.
"Yeah, I'm just peachy! Why do you ask?"
End confessional
"Better yet, best to leave AI for fiction only. It's better that way." Epsilon said. "I don't think humanity is ready for artificial intelligence, lest you guys have a Skynet problem, then… uh… y'all are toast."
"Indeed." Tex nodded.
"But not us! We're the good kind of AI."
"When we want to be." Tex added, causing Epsilon to sweatdrop.
"Riiiiight..."
"So, to recap: Just use art and write movies with your own words. Don't use AI unless you absolutely have to." Delta said.
"And for the love of god, don't use AI to mimic someone's voice online to make 'em voice anything unless you wanna do it for comedic reasons." Tex said.
"And to those who bullied Erica Lindbeck, AKA Futaba's voice actress off of social media… WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" Epsilon yelled. "Seriously, don't you have anything better to do?!"
"Perhaps Ultron was right when he said humanity needed to go… I'll be right back, I need to make some calls." O'Malley said as he walked off.
"...I'll go knock him out." Tex walked off.
"Anywho, this has been Epsilon-"
"Delta-"
"Theta-"
"Gamma-"
"And Omega-"
"And we'll-"
"AIYEEEEEEE! YOU TORE OUT MY LUNGS AND YOU ARE BEATING ME TO DEATH WITH THEM. HOW IS THAT PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE?!"
"YOU. ARE. NOT. CONTACTING. ULTRON."
Epsilon sweatdropped. "Riiiiight… I'm gonna go stop them. See ya later!" He took off running.
Honestly, this PSA has been on my mind ever since Erica Lindbeck got bullied off of her social medias. Unfortunately, i couldn't think of anything to structure it...
Ibuki: Uuuuntil the strikes officially ended for Hollywood!
Deadpool: Yeah, that lit a fuel in the fire again!
Oh, absolutely. AI is seriously a problem. And honestly? I don't care if hashtags aren't as efficient on here. #JusticeForEricaLindbeck