This is probably the worst use of AI possible.

(But I’m guilty of it myself… through Kagi! I postfix the query with an interrogation point and boom, I have my answer. I only do it for trivial things, or things I can verify easily, though.)

in terms of cost, maybe. in terms of my effort, I dunno. but you're right, it's environmentally unsound. I don't usually compute with that lens, though.