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Critics question energy cost of using AI for trivial queries
Original: And people use this excessive amount of energy to ask if the local supermarket is open at night #ai #ArtificialIntellige
Commenters are criticising the use of artificial intelligence for trivial everyday questions, such as asking whether the local supermarket is open at night. The complaint highlights that each AI query consumes significant computing power and electricity, and argues such wasteful applications add to growing concerns about the technology's energy consumption and its environmental and climate impact.
Why now: Growing public debate over the environmental cost of AI is prompting criticism of trivial uses of chatbots.
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- And people use this excessive amount of energy to ask if the local supermarket is open at night #ai #ArtificialIntelligence #energy #EnergyConsumption #environment #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateChangeIsReal · stuffifound@pixelfed.social · 8
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