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Bibbers

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12. Stupid Question About AI

Reply to AZJonnie (Original post)

Fri Oct 31, 2025, 09:02 AM

Oct 31

When I do a search on Ecosia or Duck Duck Go (I'm sure it's the same for Google) it generates an AI answer. I don't want it to generate an AI answer.

1. Is there a way to turn that off?

2. Do companies make money off that automatic AI-generated answer?

3. Does it use a lot of energy to generate that answer, in which case I REALLY want to turn it off.

I know I'm an idiot when it comes to this stuff, but I would really like to know. Thanks to anyone who can answer!

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If you're confused about how the hell AI is going to make the kind of money needed to turn a profit, I'll illustrate [View all] AZJonnie Oct 31 OP

I hope it replaces all of the investment bankers VMA131Marine Oct 31 #1

I have worked with various forms of AI since the 1980s. Metaphorical Oct 31 #2

I'm really not asserting that this is what will happen, but I believe machines capable of tasks on that scale AZJonnie Oct 31 #3

Yes, I agree that is the selling point being used. Hugin Oct 31 #5

Oh, I absolutely agree with that Metaphorical Oct 31 #21

My own cursory queries bear out the approximate 30% error rate. Hugin Oct 31 #4

Good points and good analysis. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 31 #6

You could have chosen any number of similar pie in the sky examples and they'd all be dreams but not selling points. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 31 #7

Sure, I use Gemini Agentic via CLI everyday. But all I'm talking about is a collection of agents that effectively talk AZJonnie Oct 31 #9

Remember that most agentic calls Metaphorical Oct 31 #22

Well yeah I don't have Gemini running locally like I do Ollama and a couple other models AZJonnie Oct 31 #23

Helpful Starbeach Oct 31 #8

Too long to read. I'll bookmark it. QueerDuck Oct 31 #10

And you'll end up with a 90k sqft ballroom LetsGetSmartAboutIt Oct 31 #11

Stupid Question About AI Bibbers Oct 31 #12

Some amateur answers... Hugin Oct 31 #14

+1 leftstreet Oct 31 #15

Thanks so much! Bibbers Sunday #31

What a pile of bullshit. hunter Oct 31 #13

The coding is useful...but the resto is just bullshit and will crash...the AI companies are Demsrule86 Oct 31 #16

Yeah. I probably didn't make clear enough that my point was more political than technical AZJonnie Oct 31 #17

I didn't mean to call you out...just interests me...I love computers and coding. Demsrule86 Nov 1 #30

I've seen too many articles on problems with AI coding including security risks that aren't caught to be highplainsdem Oct 31 #18

I probably should have made it more clear that my point was more political than technical AZJonnie Oct 31 #19

That's very interesting, but I think there is a flaw in that MineralMan Oct 31 #20

I really didn't mean it's definitely going to work and building a building was just a convenient illustration AZJonnie Oct 31 #25

All well and good, but the energy demand will kill us (financially and literally) . . . . hatrack Oct 31 #24

Yeah I certainly did not to have it come off sounding like it's all a 'good thing' ESPECIALLY not for the climate AZJonnie Oct 31 #27

Priceline refund works on AI Turbineguy Oct 31 #26

Fascinating discussion. Thank you all. cachukis Oct 31 #28

AI, as both a technology and a commodity, is in its infancy, but this thread makes some nice points Ilikepurple Oct 31 #29