Google, a generation defining product and technology, had a baby and won’t stop showing us the pictures.
I had previously thought that the ‘AI Results’ appearing at the top of google search was giving “Bloke In A Pub” energy, but on reflection is it more akin to the late 90’s show “Kids Say The Funniest Things“, in which a nation laughed at the confident misunderstandings of infants being asked about aspects of life by the sainted Michael Barrymore… and later copied in the US by Bill Cosby (link redacted).
Now with a “my child is actually above average in all fields” vibe of the doting parent Google is forcing us to listen to the same level of toddler tattle, before answering the question we initially asked it.
Perhaps it will get better when it grows up, but not if it is spoiled now. Perhaps it will learn on the job, but it should not be on the job until it is potty trained. A nepo baby who will grow up, over-praised and rewarded, never being corrected for being wrong, given the weight of authority and the power to guide peoples thinking. Is this what any parent wants for their child?
(Peers in to the LLM offices and sees Muppet Babies, but with the Ralph Wiggum of Copilot in the corner sticking crayons up his own nose)
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