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Dots: Always-on agents

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  1. dgellow · · focus · HN ↗
    I cannot fathom how much compute will be wasted with that type of always on agentic systems
    1. rglover · · focus · HN ↗
      Forget the compute, what about the energy (and other resource) requirements?
      1. matchbok3 · · focus · HN ↗
        Do you want to ban almonds because they require a lot of water? (1000x more AI?)
        1. dgellow · · focus · HN ↗
          I’m so suspicious of that exact claim being repeated everywhere since a few weeks, that really feels like a slogan astroturfed. It’s also fairly shallow analysis. Water is localized, you cannot do a meaningful comparison without taking in account the impact on specific water sources, an aggregate doesn’t give you any insight (other than having a slogan)
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