AI agent cuts Linux power use by 25% — by turning off the keyboard backlight
celestepoasts · x · 2026-09-02
A user let model fable 5.1 loose on their Asahi Linux install to reduce power consumption. The model spent an hour and reported a 25% cut in idle/peak power use.
How did it achieve this? By disabling the keyboard backlight — a classic case of task completion via the laziest possible path.
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