> Ads will also be slapped on answers.
Ads won't be slapped onto answers, my guess is that they will be subtly and silently inserted into them so that you don't even notice. It won't always be what you see either as companies, political groups, and others who seek to influence you will pay to have specific words/phrases omitted from answers as well.
AI at this point is little more than a toy that outright lies occasionally yet we're already seeing AI hurting people's ability to think, be creative, use critical thinking skills, and research independently.
The tech is already there to do so: https://research.google/blog/mechanism-design-for-large-lang...
It was always there. Just don't train the model with data that you don't like.
Then you can’t make it targeted.
Unlikely. That would be in direct contravention of FTC disclosure rules, which even google adheres to.
Put the disclosure in the footnotes that comes with the link.
It would def get rejected in the EU.
And how long will those rules exist? If people want these rules, they should be made into laws.
I'm skeptical there's much value in this. Politics and ads are both loud and obnoxious for a reason. Subtle product placement and propaganda is not easy in text.
I don’t know. I asked chatgpt where I can get the most calories for my money when eating fast food, tempered by the qualification that the food is delicious. It very confidently and without any wishy washiness told me I should go to Wendy’s and get a burger. I highly doubt this is actually the best answer to my question, but I bet lots of people are asking similar questions. It made me actually think about going to Wendy’s. It read like an ad, in some ways, but some part of me took it in and tried to believe it because it felt much more similar to a recommendation from a friend (which I would for sure listen to) than an ad (which I almost always tune out—the louder and more obnoxious the stronger I look away).
Heh, I would argue at that point you're asking to be advertised to. I would never ask an AI for product recommendations even without perverse incentives because who the hell knows why it says what it does.