Didn't that guy who thought Google's bot was alive also have some sort of romantic affair with it?
Seriously, the easier explanation is that a lot of software reaches a sort of sweet spot of functionality and then goes downhill the more plumbers get in and start banging on pipes or adding new appliances. Look at all of Adobe's software which has gotten consistently worse in every imaginable dimension at every update since they switched to a subscription model.
Generative "AI" has gone from hard math to engineering to marketing in record time, even faster than crypto did. So I suspect what we have here is more of a classic bozo explosion than multiple corporate cabals intentionally sweeping their own products under the rug.
I also suspect that it gets considerably worse with every bit of duct tape they stick on with to prevent it from using copyrighted song lyrics, or making pictures of Trump smoking a joint, or whatever other behavior got the wrong kind of attention this week.
Yeah apparently it's not even allowed to talk about the hexagon at Saturn's pole, which makes me wonder if it's got some heuristic to determine potential conspiracy theories (rather than specific conspiracy theories being hardcoded).
Not that it changes my feelings about these things, but I asked Gemini and got a long response...
> The giant hexagon swirling at Saturn's north pole is indeed a fascinating and puzzling feature! Scientists are still uncovering the exact reasons behind its formation, but here's what we know so far:
*It's all about jet streams:* Saturn's atmosphere, just like Earth's, has bands of fast-moving winds [snip]
Seriously, the easier explanation is that a lot of software reaches a sort of sweet spot of functionality and then goes downhill the more plumbers get in and start banging on pipes or adding new appliances. Look at all of Adobe's software which has gotten consistently worse in every imaginable dimension at every update since they switched to a subscription model.
Generative "AI" has gone from hard math to engineering to marketing in record time, even faster than crypto did. So I suspect what we have here is more of a classic bozo explosion than multiple corporate cabals intentionally sweeping their own products under the rug.