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Google's AI-powered search summaries use 10x more energy than a standard Google search | The Hidden Environmental Impact of AI (jacobin.com)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Before AI it was IoT. Nobody asked for an Internet connected toaster or fridge...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I always felt like I was alone in this thinking. I think anyone with a bit of a security mindset don’t want everything connected, besides it makes them more expensive and easier to break. It’s certainly very convenient for programmed obsolescence.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

It definitely has to walk in the desert for a while. I know multiple people who like it for some stuff. Like cameras and managing air conditioning.