Casey NewtonMay 15, 2024
With today’s announcements at Google I/O, the web has entered a state of managed decline https://www.platformer.news/google-io-ai-search-sundar-pichai/
Google’s broken link to the web

With AI search results coming to the masses, the human-powered web recedes further into the background

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Show threadAli

@caseynewton Casey, a fundamental issue here, that feels like it’s just skipped over consistently is whether those in-search AI results are *correct* and *true*.

I propose that they are not, and they never can be, because Google has not, and can not solve for “Garbage In, Garbage Out”, because the garbage was already ingested.

May 15, 2024 at 12:38amWeb
Show threadmodularComputerMay 15, 2024

@grissallia @caseynewton
I see your point, and frankly agree. One thing to consider though is if the general public (the people who would love to get their answer right on the Google page) would even care. Unless the AI summary is very obviously incorrect, I suspect they'll believe it.

Heck, if I'm googling something, I generally don't know the answer and won't be able to determine if the AI summary is slightly incorrect or wrong in a not-so-obvious way.

Show threadAliMay 15, 2024
@modularComputer @caseynewton wherein lies the danger. Some small slightly incorrect detail that turns out to have huge societal ramifications.
Show threadJack Yan (甄爵恩)May 15, 2024
@grissallia @modularComputer @caseynewton Iʼm just a regular person and in the last four months Iʼve read hundreds of misinformation posts about me, largely authored by LLMs, that Iʼve spent countless hours combatting. Linkedin even says the posts that have made it on there are all fine. If this GIGO is the future, then it sucks.
Show threadhardkorebobMay 16, 2024
@modularComputer @grissallia @caseynewton My question is why is everyone so addicted to finding answers? It is a very interesting question if you dont dismiss it by its superficial simplicity. The fragmentation of the internet is on purpose from design. The public was never the intended customer just a side effect and now a cash cow. Every little character crunched and accounted for $ only friends. The sad truth is that this Matrix is for profit only and if none of us see this then there is no future of freedom. And if I can be blunt, if we are hackers how is this even a reality? We are supposed to be the ones bringing the balance not giving into the demands of the capitalists. It sucks to be alone in the understandings of things that trickle down from the top. The problem is not the software nor the data, its the peoples nefarious dealings behind them to bind the public. Thats the problem. They are not interested in our well being. Period.
Show threadwrosecransMay 15, 2024

@grissallia @caseynewton

Everybody on the outside is screaming about it. Everybody who's salary depends on pushing out AI is deflecting.

Yes, people will 100% trust what the computer tells them. Right up until it causes enough trouble that society just gives up on ever using Google for anything. But it'll have to be that bad for people to come to their skeptical senses. Google is working on either killing itself, or civilization. That's both options.