(es) Vienna, June 4, 2024
An article in the Washington Post examines the troubles ahead for artificial intelligence, and for governments and others trying to control it.
“It’s not uncommon for an exciting new tech feature to debut with some bugs. But at least some of the problems with 
“Last week, Google’s new AI Overviews went viral for the wrong reasons. Hyped as the future of online search, the feature — in which Google’s software directly answers a user’s question, rather than just linking to relevant websites — spat out a slew of responses that ranged from absurd to dangerous. (No, geologists don’t recommend eating one small rock per day, and please don’t put glue in your pizza.) ….”
Vladimir Putin’s trolls are now proliferating thanks to AI, which is a whole new dimension of disonformation. AI has also created new possibilities for pornography and stolen faces and voices. At least lawyers can look forward to well-paid employment well into the future.
- Washington Post, 29/05/24 Google A1’s unfixable wrong answers
- The Verge , 20/05/24 interview with Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai
- The Verge, 14/05/24 Google’s redesign of its search engine — it’s AI all the way down