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AI is being pushed as a productivity revolution. Sure, it is very good. But, the costs of it are astronomical and manufacturers and customers are left paying th
by raychis 2mo ago
AI is being pushed as a productivity revolution. Sure, it is very good. But, the costs of it are astronomical and manufacturers and customers are left paying the whooping bills, in this case from energy. Who is really benefiting from this revolution?
- wolvoleo 2mo agoNot the consumer that's for sure. After all all these trillions are going to have to be earned back with profit. And that eventually ends up with customers, even if they don't pay for AI services it will through more expensive products.
- jack1689 2mo agoI have been hearing a lot about "AI will help us create greener energy" with the promise to sort of close the loop (linking here one from MIT I came across a while ago: https://news.mit.edu/2025/how-ai-can-help-achieve-clean-energy-future-1124 https://news.mit.edu/2025/how-ai-can-help-achieve-clean-ener...) Wondering: 1) How? 2) Is the balance gonna be actually positive or will manufacturers and customers pay the bill for it as you say?
- ndsipa_pomu 2mo agoThere's lots of claims made by that MIT piece, but I don't see any evidence of it (i.e. no links in the article and no real world impact either). I suspect that a lot of people just shoehorn in AI into whatever project they are doing because it will get them a higher profile and makes them sound like they're on the forefront of technology. It's like washing machines being sold with AI technology - maybe they slightly adjust the programmes for the weight of the load, but that could be done easily without AI.