Search And AI: Things Are About To Get Worse

Image by Midjourney. Midjourney doesn’t seem to be able to understand that only the pants should be on fire and I gave up after a few iterations.

https://simonwillison.net/2023/Feb/15/bing/ is an amusing but disturbing read. Sunday’s Hard Fork episode is less amusing. This is what happens when you mix a chat AI with a search engine.

My personal experience yesterday, however, is what really makes me afraid of what’s coming next.