Google’s AI Overview, which is easy to fool into stating nonsense as fact, is stopping people from finding and supporting small businesses and credible sources.
Most people on the fediverse might not (although I have my doubts about that), but even among my fellow developers the majority use Google Chrome and Google search. Looking at my circle outside tech, it’s pretty much everyone.
I tried to use it yesterday to summarize a parts list a customer sent over, like combine same items, etc. It fucked it up so badly. That was my first and last true attempt to use it
Sadly, there is an astounding number of stupid ignorant, gullible people who have not been trained in media literacy.
In fact, the problem is so epidemic we should have more organizations that create and proliferate media literacy content.
Such as If a news story sounds dubious, or if you are particularly invested in a story being true, search for other coverage from other news agencies, and (if the story isn’t verbatim) check the facts. The details that are consistent between separate coverage are more reliable than the rest.
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Most people on the fediverse might not (although I have my doubts about that), but even among my fellow developers the majority use Google Chrome and Google search. Looking at my circle outside tech, it’s pretty much everyone.
Most people use Google’s AI. It has 2.5 billion monthly active users. 📈💸
I tried to use it yesterday to summarize a parts list a customer sent over, like combine same items, etc. It fucked it up so badly. That was my first and last true attempt to use it
I meant AI overview. Gemini is a lot less popular.
Sadly, there is an astounding number of
stupidignorant, gullible people who have not been trained in media literacy.In fact, the problem is so epidemic we should have more organizations that create and proliferate media literacy content.
Such as If a news story sounds dubious, or if you are particularly invested in a story being true, search for other coverage from other news agencies, and (if the story isn’t verbatim) check the facts. The details that are consistent between separate coverage are more reliable than the rest.