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 threadAliMay 15, 2024

@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.

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 threadAli
@modularComputer @caseynewton wherein lies the danger. Some small slightly incorrect detail that turns out to have huge societal ramifications.
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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.