OnePlanet 💖🇺🇸 🌎Jul 1
Alice McFlurry 
If I wanted AI to answer my questions, I'd just ask my three-year-old niece who has minimal education and life experience because she has a gift for confidently responding with nonsense.
Jul 1 at 2:54pmWeb
Show threadEnochJul 1
@Alice 😂 right?!! These AI search results are so far off the mark it’s insane 🤨
Show threadTritzJul 1
@Utah44 @Alice You do know that google search is basically several AIs working together? The AI you're having in mind is still a child. Not at it's full potential and improvable. (AI in general. There's still only little understanding of how to set it up to get the desired results, and it usually comes down to try and error)
On top of that most people who use AI driven tools don't know how it works, how to use it to get the best results, but first and foremost have no feeling for when to use it.
Show threadGeorge StationJul 1
@Tritz @Utah44 @Alice Google search is what I had in mind as I was reading this thread. Why do you think Google is putting their "AI overview" results up top as if they wanted us to rely on them?
Show threadAlice McFlurry Jul 1
@harmonygritz @Tritz @Utah44 I don’t even notice the AI suggestion at the top of Google anymore because I've trained my eyes to immediately "scroll" past them.
Show threadTritzJul 1

@Alice @harmonygritz

They've been doing it for years. These AI answers at the top are just their latest addition (as said, probably to try and keep up with what's going on).

https://searchengineland.com/how-google-uses-artificial-intelligence-in-google-search-379746

How Google uses artificial intelligence In Google Search

From RankBrain, Neural Matching, BERT and MUM - here is how Google uses AI for understanding language for query, content and ranking purposes.

Search Engine Land
Show threadAlice McFlurry Jul 1
@Tritz @harmonygritz When I search, all I’m doing is entering my search term(s) and scrolling down until I find a reputable website that appears to have content that aligns with my request.
Show threadGeorge StationJul 1

@Alice @Tritz @Utah44 I"m not quite there with totally tuning out Google's page-top overviews, so they're a bit annoying depending on which device I'm on.

To the other point about "this is how Google search works"—yes, I've watched it degrade over the past several years. (I keep using it so I can see what my undergrads see when they won't use the library databases they paid for.)

Show threadTritzJul 1

@harmonygritz I'd say because they are aware of the potential of the rising competition. Shouting "keep using google, we also have an AI to answer questions".
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(Why do you think they added shorts to youtube?)

And just to be clear about it. I was talking about google search in general, not these more recently added AI answers.

Show threadKelsonJul 2
@Tritz @Utah44 @Alice Ok, so it's 3 small children in a trenchcoat, one generalist, one who specializes in dinosaurs, and one who specializes in Pokémon.
Show threadDamonHDJul 1
@Alice Can you teach her how to em-dash?
Show threadJayJul 1
@Alice Remarkably energy efficient, too: gift her one (1) ring-pop and she’ll give you entertainment for hours.
Show threadSteve HerseyJul 1
@Alice
And unlike AI, she will develop into having an actual understanding of things, and can then be expected to respond with real intelligence.
Show threadPaulaToThePeople 😷Jul 1
@Alice You won't get the full AI experience though, as your nice is not powered by oligarch fossil energy and autocrat nuclear power.
Show threadUkeleleEricJul 1
@Alice Are you SURE it is nonsense, though? I have a strong suspicion that it might be more accurate than AI - admittedly, that is a very low bar.
Show threadeconadsJul 1
@Alice had a new one today, a video of an AI answering a question. Like typing the text onto the screen, when they could have just pasted the text. It was incredibly wasteful both of energy, bandwidth and my time.
Show threadObot 50549535Jul 1
@Alice Responding confidently with nonsense is *the* defining characteristic of A-suite executives. She'll go far.
Show threadJames H McLarenJul 1
@Alice You could sell your niece to Zuckerberg for a billion dollars.
Show threadKelsonJul 2
@JamesHMcLaren @Alice And suddenly Omelas' scheme makes a disturbing amount of sense.
Show threadqurlyjoeJul 1
@Alice
Another alternative might be to ask an elderly individual with dementia. They’ll have a lifetime’s worth of random information, possibly lots of education, and a built-in randomizer function. The current president is a good example.
Show threadzedaardvJul 1
@Alice She will provide answers that will be still of higher quality.
Show threadMatt 🔶 (LordMatt)Jul 1
@Alice Are you saying that you family has created an android a bit like a less useful Data from #StarTrek?
Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Jul 1
@Alice ...and I presume she is not fuelled by fossil fuels?
Show threadCogito ergo mecagoendiosJul 1
@Alice Probably more accurate facts about dinosaurs at the very least
Show threadMason Loring BlissJul 2
@Alice Your three-year-old niece already has a more balanced worldview than an LLM. (What's this AI thing you're talking about? Sounds like something we might have in the future.)