I generally like Enrique Dans’ writing, but found this line to be a little bit much:
Anyone who lets a search assistant do their thinking for them deserves what they get.
It seems at this point kinda comparable to saying anyone who uses a search engine deserves what they get. I won’t say there are no issues here, obviously. But this probably isn’t the right direction to point fingers…
Tim B.
a related piece by dans:
https://www.ie.edu/insights/articles/chatgpt-and-the-decline-of-critical-thinking/
same basic sentiment echoed here from brave search AI summarizer announcement:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/02/brave-search-launches-an-ai-powered-summarization-feature/
> “Given the current advancements in AI, it’s crucial to remind users that one should not believe everything an AI system produces, in much the same way one should not believe everything that is published on the Web. At the risk of stating the obvious, we should not suspend critical thinking for anything we consume, no matter how impressive the results of AI models can be,” the company said.