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Re:Does current AI represent a dead end? by qup on Friday December 27, 2024 @11:45AM (#42523651)
> "We made it slightly more convenient, but it might be wrong now and also burns down a tree every time you use it."

Sounds like early criticisms of the internet. I assume you mean he should be doing those things with a search engine, but maybe we shouldn't allow that either. Force him to use a book! It may be slightly less convenient, and could still be wrong, but...

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Re:Does current AI represent a dead end? by tossandthrow on Friday December 27, 2024 @01:06PM (#42524458)
I ought to ask my dead grandma to save a kg of co2.
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Re:Does current AI represent a dead end? by giraffe_lady on Friday December 27, 2024 @03:16PM (#42525642)
Before crypto and AI computing in general and the internet in particular were always an incredible deal in terms of how much societal value we get out of it for the electricity consumed.
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