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  • Not a substitute for human interaction. Humans are the value there not the interaction alone. We are social.

    But they are surprisingly good at many things, especially finding answers from many sources quickly and linking to those source. So, good at searching with you.

    It is increasingly simple to run local inference with omlx, ollama, or similar tools. That works great because you can use open source and open weight models where no corporation can get their grubby little hands on your inquiries.







  • This is a complex question. The obvious suspects are fossile fuels / power generation, but really that they are being consumed in great quantity is the problem. So then you have to evaluate which industry is consuming the most. Even that falls short though because there is a human value per unit power consumed factor to consider. Power consumed for heating homes or feeding people is probably more valuable than power consumed to drive yachts to Tahiti. We need fewer people; specifically rich people.