11-05-2024, 10:01 AM
This post was last modified 11-05-2024, 10:12 AM by UltraBudgie.
... AI assistants are taking the wheel. Sure, Microsoft is calling their AI Assistant "Copilot", but it really going to be the pilot, taking control of the craft and navigating your online journey for you. Google's at it, too:
Here's how it will go. Websites for online shopping, flight booking, research, even email will all continue to become more and more difficult to use and enshittified. Dark patterns will continue to proliferate to the point where it is a constant battle just to get anything to actually work. This is by design. The solution we are given -- hooray! -- is online digital assistants. They'll take the wheel, make everything easy again. Sure, they're centrally controlled by big tech, operating on mysterious "alignment" and rules that no one has access to; they're a black box. But, they'll solve the problem! They will be able to cut through the tangle. It will be great! At first, anyway. Then, the user experience will subtly start changing, year by year, like Google search did...
It's a new paradigm, a new age of control freedom!
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Quote:Google is reportedly gearing up to introduce its interpretation of the large action model concept known as “Project Jarvis,” with a preview potentially arriving as soon as December, according to The Information. This project aims to streamline various tasks for users, including research gathering, product purchasing, and flight booking.
Sources familiar with the initiative indicate that Jarvis will operate through a future version of Google’s Gemini technology and is specifically optimized for use with the Chrome web browser.
The primary focus of Project Jarvis is to help users automate everyday web-based tasks. The tool is designed to take and interpret screenshots, allowing it to interact with web pages by clicking buttons or entering text on behalf of users. While in its current state, Jarvis reportedly takes a few seconds to execute each action, the goal is to enhance user efficiency by handling routine online activities more seamlessly.
https://www.theartistree.fm/journal/4102...ctivities/
Here's how it will go. Websites for online shopping, flight booking, research, even email will all continue to become more and more difficult to use and enshittified. Dark patterns will continue to proliferate to the point where it is a constant battle just to get anything to actually work. This is by design. The solution we are given -- hooray! -- is online digital assistants. They'll take the wheel, make everything easy again. Sure, they're centrally controlled by big tech, operating on mysterious "alignment" and rules that no one has access to; they're a black box. But, they'll solve the problem! They will be able to cut through the tangle. It will be great! At first, anyway. Then, the user experience will subtly start changing, year by year, like Google search did...
It's a new paradigm, a new age of control freedom!
