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DuckDuckGo poll says 90% responders don't want AI (www.pcworld.com)
submitted 6 months ago by very_well_lost@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 58008@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

At least they have an AI-free option, as annoying as it is to have to opt into it.

On a related note, it's hilarious to me that the Ecosia search engine has AI built in. Like, I don't think planting any number of trees is going to offset the damage AI has done and will do to the planet.

[–] notthebees@reddthat.com 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm just happy they give the option to turn off the ai overview as a setting.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah, luckily it's very easy to turn off.

[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 1 points 6 months ago

someone tell them AI isnt good for the environment

[–] sockenklaus@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Well, I don't know about that.

My swiss hoster just started offering AI and says that their AI infrastructure is 100 % powered by renewables and the waste heat is used for district heating.

You could argue that LLM training in itself used so much energy that you'll never be able to compensate for the damage, but I don't know. 🤷

[–] PixxlMan@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

While good, you should always keep in mind that using renewables for this means that power can't be used for other purposes, meaning the difference has to be covered by other sources of energy. Always bear in mind that these things don't exist in a vaccum. The resources they use always mean resources aren't used elsewhere. At worst this would mean that new clean power is built to power a waste, and then old dirty power has to be used for everything else, instead of being replaced by clean energy.

[–] Young_Gilgamesh@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Google became crap ever since they added AI. Microsoft became crap ever since they added AI. OpenAI started losing money the moment they started working on AI. Coincidence? I think not!

Rational people don't want Abominable Intelligence anywhere near them.

Personally, I don't mind the AI overviews, but they shouldn't show up every time you do a search. That's just a waste of energy.

[–] MBech@feddit.dk 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Google became crap about 10 years ago when they added the product banner in the top, and had the first 5-10 search results be promoted ads. Long before they ever considered adding AI.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca -1 points 6 months ago

anyone under 74 use DuckDuckGo?

[–] Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 6 months ago

How many people want Bing results as well?Coll stick to Searx

[–] miridius@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Guess I'm in the 10%

[–] Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You want to destroy our planet and pay way more in electricity for a random sentence generator to spit out slop?

[–] miridius@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago

You've managed to be wrong 4 times in one sentence, that's impressive

[–] timestatic@feddit.org -1 points 6 months ago

Bro you guys are freaking out too much about AI. I mean a lot of companies are pushy about it but DuckDuckGo is not. There are actually quite a lot of use cases for me personally where AI can be really useful. DuckDuckGo is not Google or Microsoft. Chill out guys