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LisaM

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14. I agree. I try hard to avoid AI summaries.

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #8)

Sun Sep 28, 2025, 12:05 PM

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They automatically appear at the beginning of things like search results but I bypass them. Among other things, they use huge amounts of power. What good is it for everyone to be in an EV if we're consuming massive amounts of electricity to pull up these somewhat fallacious summaries?

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