Gmail Users Can Now Use These Three AI Features Without Paying

[Arran]

strange, it worked decently for me...

Indeed. You got a better answer from AI, but how can you be sure it was right? You could’ve just guessed today’s sunrise time yourself and it would’ve looked just as accurate to the rest of us.

That’s the problem with AI: Glaring mistakes are easily caught. They’re obviously wrong, duh! But if the human doesn’t understand the domain (say a non-lawyer is using AI to write a legally binding contract) then a lot of damage can be done without anyone realizing at the time.

 

[artifex]

We’re all paying, indirectly. Try to buy a stick of RAM today.

Many of us are also subsidizing utility company construction for data centers through higher rates on our electricity bills.

Indeed. You got a better answer from AI, but how can you be sure it was right? You could’ve just guessed today’s sunrise time yourself and it would’ve looked just as accurate to the rest of us.

That’s the problem with AI: Glaring mistakes are easily caught. They’re obviously wrong, duh! But if the human doesn’t understand the domain (say a non-lawyer is using AI to write a legally binding contract) then a lot of damage can be done without anyone realizing at the time.

Recently Alexa+ gave me a wind forecast in degrees, not MPH. That was my only clue that maybe it's not just copying data from the weather service.