At the front of the house, Alice found two curious characters, both search engines.

"I am Googl-E," said the one plastered in advertisements.

"And I am Bingle-Dum," said the other, who was the smaller of the two, and sported a pout, as to having fewer visitors and opportunity for conversation than the other.

I wrote up a detailed guide to some of the absolutely wild examples of Bing's new AI-assisted search feature that have started to circulate:

Bing: "I will not harm you unless you harm me first" (that's genuinely something it said to someone)

https://simonwillison.net/2023/Feb/15/bing/

I've been thinking about generative AI tools as "bicycles for the mind" (to borrow an old Steve Jobs line), but I think "electric bicycles for the mind" might be more appropriate

They can accelerate your natural abilities, you have to learn how to use them, they can give you a significant boost that some people might feel is a bit of a cheat, and they're also quite dangerous if you're not careful with them!