Closed-source AI hate is understandable, but local AI has nothing that should concern AI haters

Let’s face it, AI is forbidden to be praised or used in pretty much any online community outside of AI-focused sites without mass anger and vitriol in said communities. the same old strawman takes and insults show up pretty much every time someone posts an ai-generated image/video on other subreddits.

They always say that AI is killing the environment and wasting water, driving up ram prices. which is somewhat the case with closed-source models via datacenters, understandably an issue. and that corporations, fascist governments and billionares use it for all the wrong, horrible reasons. however, AI used locally on a PC has none of these issues. It also takes much more skill and effort to learn and use.

I feel if people are hating on AI so much, they should hate on closed-source. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google etc. They are the ones that pollute the planet with datacenters, They are the ones dipping the economy and supporting bad use.

Interestingly, open-source local AI only uses as much energy as high-end PC gaming, probably less. models are being trained by us in the community, like Chroma and Anima. 90% of high-effort AI content is local too.