• FireRetardant@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I wonder how much energy google wastes on its AI service in the regular search just to give me a worse answer than the top results I was actually looking for.

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      5 months ago

      Unlike purchasing things for imaginary gods, carbon credits could work in theory. At least well enough to be part of the solution. That is, if they were properly regulated around strategies that actually absorb carbon and everyone is forced to be honest and transparent.

      Which none of them do, of course.

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    5 months ago

    Ehhh. I get that exploitative techbros and cryptobros have confused the issue by latching onto the AI bubble.

    But at the same time generalized artificial intelligence is very likely possible and will be an absolute game-changer if and when it happens. It’s easily of similar value to fusion technology.

    And it is already bringing truly impressive results into reality - protein folding and diagnostic medicine come to mind.

  • Raphaël A. Costeau@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    Transition to paperless office

    The problem is there is people who say bullshit like this unironically.

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      And it doesn’t even make sense

      99% of a modern office’s correspondence already goes on online, and only the most important stuff gets backed up on paper copies, often because of regulations that are there for a reason