04-01-2025 21:41 via hardware.slashdot.org

'Why the World Needs Lazier Robots'

"Robots and AI models share one crucial characteristic," writes the Washington Post. "Whether to move around, conduct conversations or solve problems, they function by constantly taking in and computing increasingly vast quantities of data. It's a brute-force approach to automation. Processing all that data makes them such energy guzzlers that their planet-warming pollution could outweigh any benefits they offer."
But then the article visits the robot soccer team of René van de Molengraft
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