Originally published at: Google, AI, Oligarchy and the End of the ‘Open Web’ - TPM – Talking Points Memo
I wanted to share a small observation about the interweaving worlds of AI, oligarchy, monopoly and – more distantly, but only a bit – autocracy. Over the years I’ve written regularly about the intersection of technology and journalism and the business models which underlie journalism. Because of TPM I had a front row seat to…
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I found this really disturbing because I see it all the time now. The “oligarchy”, as Josh puts it, have on their own decided that they not only will be in charge but should be in charge. The rest of us are only there to accept their world and go along with it because, frankly, tough luck.
One other thing that really bothers me is that in the AI search part it always refers to itself in the first person as “me” or “I” thus if you were to respond you would be tricked into thinking you were asking a person something. This is insidious and evil. I as a person NEVER ask it anything.