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Re: Learn as you search (and browse) using generative AI

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Post by NewEntryHN »

The example really doesn't sell it to me. The search "what is the most common element on the periodic table" currently returns a big display with "Hydrogen" as the answer, followed by a brief explanation.

That's all I need for such a query. In comparison any text written by a "generative AI" is mostly noise.

Re: Learn as you search (and browse) using generative AI

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Post by eastbound »

jraph wrote: post #8

Privacy aside if it's done server side, I think this crosses another dangerous line. With this, Google controls how content you read is summarized, they could introduce biases, intentionally or not, and I'm not sure we should trust such an actor for this.

They already show heavily curated content, with a conscious and intentional bias into presenting, for example, groups in a light that doesn’t match reality.

You won’t find info about any merely “controversial” idea on Google, it’s all censored, it’s all disinformation already. Try even finding memes, you generally won’t find them. Try finding info that doesn’t paint some politicians in a good light, you won’t find it, even though it exists with the exact keywords you type in and the crawler returns a success for that page.

So what do you mean, while you already trust Google to give its bias to the current world?

Re: Learn as you search (and browse) using generative AI

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Post by gumballindie »

andrewfurey2003 wrote: post #10
jraph wrote: post #8

Privacy aside if it's done server side, I think this crosses another dangerous line. With this, Google controls how content you read is summarized, they could introduce biases, intentionally or not, and I'm not sure we should trust such an actor for this.

Solution: dont use google.

Seems like that's the direction things are moving. Google's becoming heavily enshitified.

Re: Learn as you search (and browse) using generative AI

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Post by add-sub-mul-div »

Hard pass. I don't want Google, or even a trustworthy neutral party, to decide my view of the world. (Compromised as it may be already.)

We're all unique and unpredictable. In a given article, a random sentence or point considered throwaway by most people and algorithms could turn out to be meaningful to me.

I've been trained not to even trust the basic facts they pull of out content like movie showtimes or whatever. Once you see it wrong a few times you realize it's folly not to keep the responsibility of finding information yourself.

Re: Learn as you search (and browse) using generative AI

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Post by gumballindie »

eastbound wrote: post #4

Google searched has encouraged long pages for SEO. Now Google sells us the idea that Google can help you reduce the useless words on the internet. Maybe de-index receipes talking about how this soup was my grandma’s preferred soup. It’s not so hard, you still have the full power on search engines, Google! For at least 2 more full months! Do it! You are the problem, Google.

They are too busy turning their browser and search experience into crap. For instance what's with search results in gmail and google drive? I literaly search for a file by name, doesn't find it, I search by extension ... it finds it? Then there's chrome - right click on selected text to search on google, instead of opening at tab it opens a crammed side bar? Has google gone insane?

Re: Learn as you search (and browse) using generative AI

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Post by throwaw12 »

jraph wrote: post #8

Privacy aside if it's done server side, I think this crosses another dangerous line. With this, Google controls how content you read is summarized, they could introduce biases, intentionally or not, and I'm not sure we should trust such an actor for this.

don't worry, it gets shutdown in 2 years
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