No sh*t, this is what I predicted from day one.
I'm afraid the power needs for AI will also not decrease. Even if individual models become more efficient and the hardware become more AI optimized. The next logical step is to run even more if those AIs as agents and creating huge chain of thoughts... So no, ai power usage will increase.
We need to leverage existing solutions like how Ana archive is working. Which makes use of torrents. https://annas-archive.org/ Like read this carefully: https://annas-archive.org/datasets
Luckily for you Arch has the best wiki pages out there for documentation purposes. If you have any questions regarding Linux or you want to know something, just ask.
Try Tor maybe? Although it's not very fast...
Only they called it "estimates"
Well.. the numbers were from Wired: https://wired.me/science/energy/ai-vs-bitcoin-mining-energy/
ow nevermind, bitcoin mining alone is consuming 112.31 TWh annually (it's a guess). While AI is using 29.2 TWh annually (also a guess).
Article says (but don't believe them):
But it’s not all ads. In fact, Microsoft does make useful changes from time to time
What about trying to install Windows 11 with a local account instead of using a Microsoft account?
Shift + F10 -> Enter: oobe\bypassnro followed by.. you know what? Try: format C:\. And install Linux already.
And then people were complaining about cryptocurrencies.. Look at this AI joke.. Come on..
After reading that whole page, I think your point is missing.. The use case of Tor and i2p isn't correctly explained on that site.
Yeah, thanks for clearing this up. I was also reading: https://geti2p.net/en/comparison/tor if people want to know more in depth.
People who accepted this situation, promoted or even have implemented this are also idiots. Be warned, this can happen in every country, both US and in EU..
https://geti2p.net/en/ looks like Tor. but it is not the same?
Great nice to hear! Which distro did you choice (No wrong answers)? Do you still need help or have questions or issues?
Users of Microsoft accepted more and more. And slowly we are all in this situation (if you would still use Windows). Similar to the The Boiling Frog Syndrome. Get out now, while you still can. Try to search for alternatives. You have been warned.
Sad story ahead
Today I fully removed Firefox as my main browser. It's banned from all my devices from now onwards. I used Firefox as my only browser since I was 10 years old. Which is 24 years now (24 years!). I loved
Firefox trying to be a good alternative to Chrome, promoting open-source and showing the world that privacy does matter. Sadly not anymore, recently after Mozilla hostile CEO takeover and moving the company forward to an advertisement company. Neglecting privacy. And fully want the other way around, tracking user data sending back to Mozilla. And at the same time Mozilla has also became an ads company just like Google, so there is no difference anymore really. And it only goes down-hill from here.
Furthermore, Mozilla is spending more money in AI companies then in the product Firefox itself. So..
Luckily, there are plenty great Firefox forks! Look into some of them yourself and really pick an alternative rather sooner than later:
- LibreWolf
- Floorp (I went with Floorp, thus far it's great!!!)
- Waterfox
- Mullvad
Just pick one, anything... from above list!
I know, it's sad. It's very sad, after 24 years I didn't went to leave Firefox, but this last moves was the straw that broke the camel's back. I'm out, cya at the fork!
I saw today the infamous pop-up of YouTube again that they will block the video player after 2 more videos if I keep using uBlock Origin. \\ Google.