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DuckDuckGo poll says 90% responders don't want AI (www.pcworld.com)
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[–] 58008@lemmy.world 223 points 3 weeks ago (28 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.

[–] Magnum@infosec.pub 61 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

lol what? Do they have some kind of statement addressing that?

[–] Deckname@olio.cafe 52 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Yes they addressed it here. its kind of understandable given that they want to exist and everyone else has AI... But companies... At least you can turn it off.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 40 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

At this point not having AI would be a selling point.

[–] Magnum@infosec.pub 31 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I wish they would have talked about how many trees you need to offset an ecosia AI search

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

And make AI opt-in rather than opt-out so Ecosia can educate their users

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I want to know what economic forces are making it so that having AI, which costs money and very few users actually want, such a forgone conclusion. Who is paying them?

[–] mghackerlady@leminal.space 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Investors who bought into the hype and the middle managers who are scared of being fired by them

[–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

All these MBAs that learned about the advantage of first movers in school and have so little domain knowledge they operate 100% on “we just cant be late to the table”

[–] Dojan@pawb.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

Climate intelligence. Gods, excuse me while I go fetch my skeleton that was ejected from my body due to the cringe.

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