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Re:Google no longer provides direct URLs in search results by unkeen on Saturday September 12, 2026 @01:59AM (#49669331)
Worse - We all are paying with our planet.
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Re:Google no longer provides direct URLs in search results by socalgal2 on Saturday September 12, 2026 @04:30AM (#49670264)
what is that not true of? HN and your post on it is paying with our planet
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Re:Google no longer provides direct URLs in search results by rcMgD2BwE72F on Saturday September 12, 2026 @05:35AM (#49670649)
Everything uses energy. AI is uniquely bad due to its scale. Comparing AI inference and training with posting a one-line comment on a website is like comparing wildfires with candles because they both produce heat. It's true but useless as an argument.
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Re:Google no longer provides direct URLs in search results by socalgal2 on Saturday September 12, 2026 @10:01AM (#49672401)
Complaining about AI is just a meme. There are tons of things that use way more energy for arguably way less utility to humans.
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Re:Google no longer provides direct URLs in search results by sumanep on Saturday September 12, 2026 @07:23PM (#49678274)
AI was not even a thing a few years ago so almost anything that use more energy than AI is probably far more useful
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