Adapting to Ai

Google has categorized much of my life. I use Google apps more than any other company’s. Google was the most approachable search engine throughout my childhood. When Bing released in 2009, I decided to stay with Google and this decision was the start of my journey under a Google umbrella. Two months ago, the umbrella’s handle cracked.

Bing’s Ai integrated search engine offers more than Google, for now. For now, research on Bing is faster and conversational. Google I/O in May will be Google’s most public opportunity to regain the throne. It will have to be despite 1000 tech leaders condemning the rapid growth of Ai today, it will continue to develop. (And since when have American companies cared about ethics over capitalism?)

This technology landscape is just noise to much of the public. There hasn’t been a tipping point. A company needs to release a new Ai feature that scares the public. It needs to show people that this is different from their phone’s digital assistant.

A temporary halt in Ai development will solve nothing and there is no stopping technology advancements, anyways. What should be emphasized is better transparency on Ai development which will happen when people get upset enough and demand change. We need the tipping point.