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Researchers say Google AI Mode changes recommendations based on your emails — and it risks creating a giant confirmation-bias machine
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They literally designed it to confirm your biases… That was intentional.
Risks!? I’m pretty sure that’s the goal?
It’s hard to call the design intent a risk
As opposed to the previous, slightly smaller, confirmation bias machine?
Working as intended, otherwise it wouldn’t have access to your profile and recent searches.
It’s not meant to confirm a bias but to sell you things.
Confirming your bias surely helps. Better than agitating you with stupid facts or disgust you with nasty truths.
The internet is a giant confirmation bias machine.
I see your point and it pleases me. Let’s upvote it so it will be seen more by others like me.
But to post a controversial opinion - I believe the internet is a giant confirmation bias machine.
Liar!
Isaac Asimov
Ooo that’s a good one, relevant!
I know they’ve been doing this for fucking ever, but what happened to the sanctity of privacy on email? Shit, literally anywhere actually.
People gave that up the moment they signed up for gmail (or any other “free” big tech account).