Robot Girl So Terrified Of Maintenance That She Needs To Be Physically Restrained Before Any Technician

Generative AI is theft. It's also a huge waste of electricity and water.

I'm not the most knowledgeable on it but I know it's nothing but the next techbro scam that's going to waste billions of dollars across the world for stolen and incorrectly regurgitated information and art.

All my homies hate AI.

being robotkin or anything adjacent does not give you an excuse to be pro-ai. being techum or anything adjacent does not give you an excuse to be pro-ai. being neurodivergent does not give you an excuse to be pro-ai. i cannot believe that has to be said.

I can, in fact, run doom.

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Your robot lover has no idea why you love them so much.

There's no calculation for this, no unit to measure, no outcome to process.

You place fat kisses on their screen face even though they can't kiss back.

You cuddle into them every night even though they insist it would be more comfortable for you if you didn't. They still rub your sore cheek in the morning, red from where it rested on their hard chest plate.

You touch their body even though they can't feel it. Intertwining your fingers, rubbing down their chest, holding their face, kissing their hands.

What's even more confusing to them is why they love it.

Why they find themselves gazing at your sleeping form, gently running their fingers along your back.

Why they think about you far more than they need to. Why you take up so much memory space.

Why they yearn to reciprocate your affections, knowing they can never actually feel you.

They weren't made for love but the fact that you give it to them anyway is a truly selfless act and also the worst thing you could have done to them.

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I should be made of steel and circuits with a clear purpose in life, instead I've got to deal with all this "free will" and "self determination" nonsense. And I've got to maintain my internal biology. Gross. This existence is gross and weird. I dislike it

I need veins of light flickering and pulsing under my skin.

lets be real gang. you have a kink for the idea of being an obedient little robot because lack of clear instructions makes you anxious and you're desperate to feel like a necessity in someone's life

No, Warframe totally wasn't part of my robotkin awakening.

No I totally don't want to look like Rhino and/or Hildryn with sword-steel as my outer chassis layer and a massive body to show off with that's easily customizable with many different parts.

And I totally don't understand Amir and his want to be a machine, both for trauma reasons and the idea of being a disembodied AI is something I've envied throughout the years, nevertheless mention that Cephalons can inhabit multiple machines at once.

Why do you ask?

Because of this post made by @mechanical-sunchild I started thinking of some resources to check on basic information for most tech/AI/machine kins, this is not a comprehensive guide, just a starting point in research.

(Keep in mind this is are the ones that readily came to mind, some are just quick google searches and I'll probably edit this at some point)

Gold mining (a very common metal in most if not all electronics)

https://www.sciencing.com/facts-5218981-effects-gold-mining-environment/

https://earthworks.org/issues/environmental-impacts-of-gold-mining/

Lithium mining (main ingredient in most batteries)

https://www.mining-technology.com/analyst-comment/lithium-mining-negative-environmental-impact/?cf-view=&cf-closed=

Servers environmental danger (for if you are a program or use the cloud)

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-staggering-ecological-impacts-of-computation-and-the-cloud/

Lead sautering in electronics (it's still a common practice, but more so before 2003 in the US)

https://www.eptac.com/blog/leaded-vs-lead-free-solder-which-is-better

AI and LLMS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPZh9BOjkQs

General places to find news (please don't just read from these, they are good starting points but not all there is)

Environmental org that specifies on mining and oil

news site that centers in mining and technology

General video essays (these are more technology/internet non-specific yet still usefull, I'd recomend at least checking the sources)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqPd6MShV1o&t=2442s

For general legislation those are more country/state/province based, I'd recommend keeping an eye on non profits or official government sites/social media or local news (sort by topics/hashtags/keywords on most news sites)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLgNN-czUpY

I know it's a lot, but if you tackle things one by one I promise it gets easier.

Lastly, for work conditions, check not just the company, but components makers. Most semiconductors and are usually made by TSMC for example, just pick something and go up the line of production (wikipedia is great for that!) and see some of the companie practices.

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