When you say "we all know", who are you talking about? Everybody that you know? That's a social bubble, a self-selected subset of "everybody."

"Horrible" is in the eye of the beholder, and people have differing opinions on stuff. You probably like and subscribe to someone that lots of other people would consider "horrible" in turn.

Or they're doing it because they wanted a particular piece of artwork.

I've generated a ton of stuff over the years and never once thought about selling any of it, because I generated it to use it. Or just because I thought it would be funny.

I think there's a lot of projection here. A lot of people who use AI art tools couldn't care less about whether they're called "artists", it just doesn't matter. It's irrelevant. The goal is to have the art, not to gain some particular arbitrary title.

If they're being used to "chase people down" I don't think acceptance by the general public is all that relevant.

Ooh, we're getting close to my dream scenario now! Just one bit left, though. Which model do I install to make my voice sound like Captain Picard's?

I mean, I guess you could go physically confiscate their computer. But otherwise, how? Once you've downloaded and installed the model, the runtime and the harness, you've got a complete system you can run locally with no need for it to ever connect to the Internet again.

Yes, the more scars he leaves then the more likely future generations of Americans might remember what he did and what they are capable of doing.

I download everything, I just may not ultimately keep it long-term if it turns out to be uninteresting or bad. Streaming and downloading transfer the same amount of bits, one just has higher demands for timeliness.

Never. There's absolutely no need to use humanoid robots for that, other form factors would be much more efficient.

"Balk?" Balk? As if there was even the slightest chance that we'd deign to even consider this moron's mouth-farts about renaming stuff?

It's not a case of the people "letting" him destroy your country. The people wanted him to. Maybe not all the specific details of how he's doing it, but the previous election was largely a choice between "status quo" and "break the system" and break the system won. For some reason few of those voters seemed to be aware of how well the system was serving them, it appears they may have been misled. But that's democracy for you.

He's really quite dead set on those Alaskan work camps. Maybe he's got some business interests up there.

Bring it, fuckers. We're calling your bluff.