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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Billions of queries becoming way more energy intensive for a feature almost nobody asked for, now the default. What the fuck are we even doing

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Appeasing shareholders and investors.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

How? Are they expecting more ad income to offset the energy costs?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

"Google, how do I calculate the circumference of a sphere?"

"Sign up for online math classes with University of Arizona today!"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Probably injecting ads "naturally" into the conversation.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

And it will hallucinate and give wrong answers