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AI helps lighten the load on the electric grid – without skimping on people’s energy use. (theconversation.com)
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[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 11 points 3 months ago

The term AI is used for everything. If a company is selling a watch with an alarm feature, they would call that AI.

Power companies are already doing what they are doing now.

What exactly is this more than averaging out numbers in a database separated by time ranges, then getting a numbers from the load on the grid?