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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.


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[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

It's so fun to waste energy!

AI drives 48% increase in Google emissions

I love those energy hungry assistants! It's wasting resources even faster than everything before but it's so fun and useful!

[–] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago

AI drives 48% increase in Google emissions

That's not even supported by the underlying study.

Google's emissions went up 48% between 2019 and 2023, but a lot of things changed in 2020 generally, especially in video chat and cloud collaboration, dramatically expanding demand for data centers for storage and processing. Even without AI, we could have expected data center electricity use to go up dramatically between 2019 and 2023.