So, a quick, short joking post that kinda touches the difference between the “moderation” (some would call it censorship) between an AI powered answer and old-school AS (Artificial stupidity? No?)
So, today I was just doing nothing with Google search in front of me and influenced by some random post I read a few minutes back, I decided to search for “Uncle Ted”.
And here are the different results:
AI only shows the squeaky clean possibilities, the old style search gives me exactly what I wanted.
Let’s be honest, in the last 15 years on the internet, “Uncle Ted” is the Unabomber, not some guy who was locally famous on TV some 40 years ago or a musician who, like many musicians, refused to quit while he was ahead.
Why was I searching for the Unabomber? Well, in some internet conversation Idaho came into the discussion and I misread what another guy said, he said people were painting Idaho of today like it was Montana back when Kaczynski moved there.
My brain completely went over “Montana” and went “The Unabomber went to Idaho? Thought it was Montana.” (but my brain always mixes up Idaho and Montana, so…). So I googled to go confirm what was the correct location.
*edit*
Redid the same search, suddenly the AI now decided to add some stuff. Like it read my mind or something.
I still dislike believing whatever the AI answers. Weirdly enough I’m a bit of the opposite to most people, while most cope and sneed when it comes to AI generated art (even when it produces perfectly serviceable images for their intended purpose), I have nothing against AI art but hate when it tries to curate what info I can access. (which obviously happens when AI is openly used or without it).