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A post by rax 'leads with her crotch' king @RaxKingIsDead The post says, "hahahahaha this sucks man Each time you search for something like "how many rocks should I eat" and Google's AI "snapshot" tells you "at least one small rock per day," you're consuming approximately three watt-hours of electricity, according to Alex de Vries, the founder of Digiconomist, a research company exploring the unintended consequences of digital trends. That's ten times the power consumption of a traditional Google search, and roughly equivalent to the amount of power used when talking for an hour on a home phone. (Remember those?) Kevin Donovan @kevindonovan. The Hidden Environmental Impact of Al by @LoisParshley"

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A post by rax 'leads with her crotch' king @RaxKingIsDead The post says, "hahahahaha this sucks man Each time you search for something like "how many rocks should I eat" and Google's AI "snapshot" tells you "at least one small rock per day," you're consuming approximately three watt-hours of electricity, according to Alex de Vries, the founder of Digiconomist, a research company exploring the unintended consequences of digital trends. That's ten times the power consumption of a traditional Google search, and roughly equivalent to the amount of power used when talking for an hour on a home phone. (Remember those?) Kevin Donovan @kevindonovan. The Hidden Environmental Impact of Al by @LoisParshley"
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The Mïghty Kräcken (klaxun@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Oct-2024 20:07:59 JST The Mïghty Kräcken

Now, because of Google's no-opt-out policy on AI searches, every search uses ten times more power than they used to. Want to find out what movie Danny DeVito did with Arnold Schwarzenegger? Now, you have to weigh your curiosity against the health of the planet.
Don't Google that! It was Twins! Jeez, didn't you read the start of this post?

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