There is no differentiating using artificial intelligence (AI) for minute tasks such as writing emails or generating false images versus sniffing a line of cocaine on your coffee table every day.
I fear that relying on AI will eventually lead to humans being eradicated from Earth with only robots left to run the planet.
AI data centers consume lots of energy, which create greenhouse gases, emissions that pollute the air and lead to poor health outcomes for surrounding communities, according to a Jan. 6 article by Southern New Hampshire University.
President Donald J. Trump and faculty working in the White House are safely guiding us closer to that ending through their “shitposting” and “slopaganda.”
“Shitposting” is the publishing of offensive content online to provoke a reaction, while “slopaganda” refers to AI generative manipulative messaging, according to a Jan. 29 The Guardian article.
In his first year in office, Trump’s Truth Social account has publicized 36 AI posts, where 21 of these overemphasize Trump’s image, according to an Oct. 28, 2025 Poynter article.The examples were not satire from the deep side of the internet, but instead official communications, stamped with the authority of the presidency.
Among them appeared a bizarre, regal-style image of Trump portrayed as a king.
When the executive branch of the United States embraces artificial imagery as a way to mythologize its leader, we are no longer dabbling in creativity. We are normalizing distortion.
Only AI-generated images can make Trump look pleasing and like an actual human being, which is the only reason why I’d understand people’s support of generating images of Trump as king.
The White House released an executive action titled “Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government,” which describes AI as both powerful and inevitable, a creation to be tamed, not questioned.
In the executive action, the first section declares AI as crucial to everyday life. However, when political ideological biases contain AI it is suddenly labeled as inaccurate and a way of distorting information.
I find this extremely contradicting that the White House decries certain uses of AI as “woke” when buff pictures of Trump as a Jedi with bald eagles and the American flag behind him are being generated on federal property.
Although the White House is far from San José State, AI is lurking around our campus’ corners.
The point of college, paying for higher education and going to an institution that can afford you that education, is to use your own brain muscle.
If you are reliant on AI for classes, you are lazy and you are wasting your time and money.
The point of college is to sit down and think critically about the world around you, about the material in front of you to help you become a full fledged human being.
At its core, AI is a beautiful invention, arguably one of the top inventions ever to exist.
However, students have used it to shave off time from work, politicians use it to fabricate excellence and institutions use it to cut labor costs.
AI itself is not the evil, humans are. AI usage is a contagious disease, quickly spreading with decreasing limitations.
If current trends continue, the future will only consist of more heinous uses of AI such as, hyper-realistic fake election videos, generated scandals in schools, entire news cycles driven by false imagery and more.
But more of my anger is aimed at developers and leaders who prioritize dominance over healthy boundaries.
If you think environmental damages are concerning now or that companies are using too much power, you should be extremely fearful for the near future because power demand from AI data centers are set to quadruple in the next 10 years, according to a graph by Talk Markets.
It doesn’t make sense to me how people act surprised when systems that were built to optimize for engagement and productivity are now being used to manipulate and shortcut.
The technology is powerful because we made it powerful.
Ultimately, there is nothing we can do. There is no removing AI since the infrastructures are expanding and incentives are aligned with further growth.
As we inevitably continue down this path without meaningful restraint in ethics, environment or education, we will find ourselves in a future filled with videos of leaders as jungle animals and John Pork calling your phone.
