Remember Clippy?

The article discusses the rise of AI assistants and their potential drawbacks. It highlights examples of AI tools, such as Google's AI Overviews and Facebook's Ask Meta AI, that have produced bizarre and inaccurate results. The article suggests that the introduction of these tools may be driven by t...

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Published in:Prospect no. 330; pp. 70 - 72
Main Author: Zuckerman, Ethan
Format: Article
Published: Prospect Publishing Limited Aug/Sep2024
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      ab: The article discusses the rise of AI assistants and their potential drawbacks. It highlights examples of AI tools, such as Google's AI Overviews and Facebook's Ask Meta AI, that have produced bizarre and inaccurate results. The article suggests that the introduction of these tools may be driven by the need for tech companies to stay relevant in the AI innovation conversation, as well as the broken state of search engines due to rampant search engine optimization (SEO) and spam content. It also raises concerns about the manipulation of AI models and the potential loss of human presence on the internet. The author suggests the need to preserve human-only spaces on the internet, similar to the concept of national parks, to protect genuine human expression.
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