Ten minutes to write. Less time to read.

I don’t get this infatuation with AI.  Is artificial intelligence better than the real thing? By that I mean, is it better than using one’s own intellectual abilities to come to a conclusion? Does it replace analytical thinking for another’s regurgitated opinion?

In today’s world, where lies are bandied about as truth, where spin supersedes thought, and where JD Vance acknowledged to Dana Bash that he made up the story about the pets of Springfield, OH, part of his constituency as that state’s senator, how can one tell what’s real?

I have no answers; but I am coming to a solution for myself. Where once I went to the internet, namely Google® although there are many other internet browsers out there, for valuable information, I am becoming less inclined to do so.

Now when I ask Google® something, it comes back with an AI answer. Today, for instance, I asked “Does Hunts brand still make tomato juice?” It was a Yes or No answer in my book. But AI avoided the question and offered all kind of product Hunts produces, things I wasn’t the slightest bit interested in.

Yesterday, I asked Google® when the last rainfall occurred where I live. And AI told me it didn’t have any information about that. I’m sure it’s out there on the internet. I don’t know how information retrieval works, but in my world it worked better before AI showed up.