![]() ![]() ![]() "– 'And lie convincingly,' added Bingle-Dum. "'This is truly an intolerable situation. 'Are you to present me with a puzzle? Perhaps one of you tells the truth and the other lies?' "'And I am Bingle-Dum,' said the other, who was the smaller of the two, and sported a pout, as to having fewer visitors and opportunity for conversation than the other. "'I am Googl-E,' said the one plastered in advertisements. There's a delightful Mastodon thread about this, written by Dan Hon, where he compares the chatbot-enshittified front ends to Bing and Google to Tweedledee and the front of the house, Alice found two curious characters, both search engines. But why is Google, a monopolist who has a 90+% share of search worldwide, jumping off the same bridge as Microsoft? Might as well try something so stupid it might just work. It's spent billions on Bing, a search-engine no one voluntarily uses. The really remarkable thing isn't just that Microsoft has decided that the future of search isn't links to relevant materials, but instead lengthy, florid paragraphs written by a chatbot who happens to be a habitual liar – even more remarkable is that Google agrees. Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading.Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. ![]() Google's chatbot panic: On the infinite insecurities of a self-styled creative genius who really just buys other people's ideas. ![]()
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