Learn as you search (and browse) using generative AI
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Re: Learn as you search (and browse) using generative AI
#2Seems popular enough that all I am getting out of it is "Can't generate key points right now".
Re: Learn as you search (and browse) using generative AI
#3I assume this is all done server-side, with Google feeding your interests and investigations into your personal profile. I really wish this could be done on-device. I don't want Google slurping up even more data about web users.
I use FF mainly on desktop and mobile, and there's probably a great opportunity for Mozilla to build an offline, privacy-first summarization model.
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#4Google 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.
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#5The second item is "Better understand coding information in AI overviews". Is there really such a big demand for this from the average google user, or is it just something that's easy to do with these language models?
Re: Learn as you search (and browse) using generative AI
#6At the risk of sounding like an old man — heck, I guess I am — is this innovation ethical for humanity's future? A one-click "tl;dr" button for the web?
There are studies saying overall human attention span is shrinking. Anecdotally, I know people in their 20s who use TikTok daily, and they're no longer able to watch a movie without losing focus.
Squeezing all aspects of our digital life, including learning new skills or reading the news, into a bite-sized "summary," is not going to lead to a better-informed and more productive society.
Re: Learn as you search (and browse) using generative AI
#7Articles written by an AI and then summarized by another program. Nothing can go wrong here.
Re: Learn as you search (and browse) using generative AI
#8Privacy 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.
Re: Learn as you search (and browse) using generative AI
#9I assume this is all done server-side, with Google feeding your interests and investigations into your personal profile. I really wish this could be done on-device. I don't want Google slurping up even more data about web users. I use FF mainly on desktop and mobile, and there's probably a great opportunity for Mozilla to build an offline, privacy-first summarization model.
Yes, what Mozilla needs to do remove more support from browser development and debugging, to fracture their efforts even further, to continue the line of successes that began with Persona and continued with Firefox OS.
Re: Learn as you search (and browse) using generative AI
#10Privacy 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.