You have to consider that for most servers, the marginal expenses per customer are close to negligible, that's why you can make a profit even though only 3% of users pay you. But AI is so wasteful, that even the paying users are subsidized. Basically, the demand is not sufficient to support profitable monetization.
Nobody did that by hand even before Gen Ai was invented. Even before photography or computers, there were techniques to get textures without manually drawing them. The splotches, for example, could be accomplished by shaking the brush at the canvas.
I wonder if vampire brains freeze mentally once they’re turned
"Vampire: The Masquerade" has that as a downside of being a vampire. Vampires are less creative than humans, to the point that being turned into a vampire is said to hurt their talent worse than aging ever could. They also can't properly adapt to new technology. Basically, vampirism comes with creative sterility.
AI doomerism typically refers to the belief that AI will rise up against us and kill us all. Given that current "AI" is just a guessing machine, that won't happen, barring substantial breakthroughs. The end-of-the-world narratives are basically marketing for AI, as in, "hey, if this thing got any smarter, it would destroy the world".
The problem isn't the data center, but rather that the data center is being wasted on running AI. AI is a uniquely wasteful application, like crypto mining. If the data center does something actually useful, then it might provide utility greater than its expenses and externalities.
Not so fun fact: Gun suicides are far more common than any other type of gun related death. Having a gun in the house is a big risk factor for suicide.
The problem is that even confirmed abuse does not get prosecuted. Adding more evidence won't help.