Re: Chrome browser will help you shop with AI

On 09 Aug 2024 09:54:37 GMT, Retrograde wrote:

From the «fuck off, AI. fuck off, Chrome, fuck off Google» department:
Title: Chrome will let you shop with “AI”
Author: Thom Holwerda Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2024 17:00:18 +0000 Link:
https://www.osnews.com/story/140439/chrome-will-let-you-shop-with-ai/
 
 
When you’re shopping online, you’ll likely find yourself jumping between
multiple tabs to read reviews and research prices. It can be cumbersome
doing all that back and forth tab switching, and online comparison is
something we hear users want help with. In the next few weeks, starting
in the U.S.,
Chrome will introduce Tab compare, a new feature that presents an
AI-generated overview of products from across multiple tabs, all in one
place.
 
Imagine you’re looking for a new Bluetooth portable speaker for an
upcoming trip, but the product details and reviews are spread across
different pages and websites. Soon, Chrome will offer to generate a
comparison table by showing a suggestion next to your tabs. By bringing
all the essential details — product specs, features, price, ratings —
into one tab, you’ll be able to easily compare and make an informed
decision without the endless tab switching.
↫ Parisa Tabriz[1]
 
Is this really what people want from their browser, or am I just
completely out of touch? I’m not at all convinced the latter isn’t the
case, but this just seems like a filler feature. Is this really what all
the AI hype is about? Is this kind of nonsense the end game we’re
killing the planet even harder for?
 
Links:
[1]:
https://blog.google/products/chrome/google-chrome-ai-features-

august-2024-update/

(link)

Nobody wants AI.
Well, AI company executives want AI because they are making money with it.
AI (or what they call AI nowadays) makes everything it touches go to shit.