-=> Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

 AT> I think that's a good example, but I still don't understand the
 AT> difference between "AI" and a regular automated process.

An automated process can only handle situations that its programmer thought of.
An AI can handle unexpected situations.

 AT> Yea. I wonder what would happen if everybody had a charging station in
 AT> their garage, and they all charged their cars at the same time (like
 AT> overnight.)

The grid hurts.  It's already happening in areas that has a large number of
electric cars.

 AT> But there are webservers doing automated processes constantly (the
 AT> servers are always in use.) Like (for example) when this BBS polls the
 AT> Fido hub for mail. Some sysops have their BBS polling for mail every 5
 AT> seconds. And it's not causing any blackouts. But (for example) the
 AT> server that hosts Google's AI assistant can cause blackouts? I just
 AT> don't get it. I'll probably never understand it.

You're thinking in human terms.  5 seconds is eons to a computer.

Imagine your computer, all cores, running at 100% use for days.


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