Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: AI Search Re: Cohousing-L Digest, Vol 267, Issue 10

[Sarah Lesher (sarah.lesher]

ditto
is me spending frustrating hours
AND computing power on convenient online
searches better ir worse for the planet
than x microseconds of AI

i doubt we have the data to decide well

for example my cohousing community has tasked me with a difficult if not
impossible search to benefit the whole community

im going to use Google search default AI

Sarah Lesher Cantine’s Island

On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 10:48 AM Sharon Villines via Cohousing-L <
cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

> > On Apr 15, 2026, at 10:36 AM, Kate C via Cohousing-L <
> cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
> >
> > My email has exploded; please forgive me if I missed similar replies.
> > I just wonder if other people have an issue with trying to balance the
> convenience and usefulness of AI/LLM with the unconscionably environmental
> unsustainability (power and water usage).
>
> The question is compared to what?
>
> Waht is the current state of not having information or finding it through
> multiple internet searches? Is it sustainable?
>
> Is the AI related building increasing the environmental unsustainability
> or is it focusing currently scattered resources?
>
> I still haven’t found a comprehensible description of what jobs AI will
> replace. What will disappear?
>
> Change goes both ways. I have no answers. I’m just still curious.
>
> Sharon
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> Sharon Villines
> Riderwood Village, Silver Spring MD
> Founding member and 25 year resident in Takoma Village, Washington DC
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