Generative AI Vegetarianism

I like the idea, but it needs a better name. Vegetarianism already means something very specific. Maybe something like Sloppite. Sloppitism. Something like that.

Re: Generative AI Vegetarianism

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Post by somewhereoutth » Tue, Apr 28, 2026, 12:43 AM UTC

poopsmithe wrote: post #5

I like the idea, but it needs a better name. Vegetarianism already means something very specific. Maybe something like Sloppite. Sloppitism. Something like that.

Anti-Genism? Antija for short.

Re: Generative AI Vegetarianism

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Post by ares623 » Tue, Apr 28, 2026, 12:47 AM UTC

mikestorrent wrote: post #3

turtleyacht wrote: post #2

Needs a catchy label.

Luddite already exists

I agree. Luddites need to reclaim the name. Their demands were reasonable.

Re: Generative AI Vegetarianism

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Post by teeray » Tue, Apr 28, 2026, 12:51 AM UTC

poopsmithe wrote: post #5

I like the idea, but it needs a better name. Vegetarianism already means something very specific. Maybe something like Sloppite. Sloppitism. Something like that.

Does anyone know if there’s a pithy German word for “those against letting machines do their thinking”?

Re: Generative AI Vegetarianism

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 28, 2026, 12:53 AM UTC

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Re: Generative AI Vegetarianism

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Post by orangebread » Tue, Apr 28, 2026, 12:57 AM UTC

Does this imply there's room for ethically-sourced AI? I've always thought that at some point there would be some sort of p2p-style way of people contributing their compute resources to training AI models that are distributed for everyone to use.