AI Overviews Threaten Trust and Critical Thinking
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Resources & Recommendations
Videos & Documentaries
- "Her" - A movie mentioned in the context of Scarlett Johansson's voice being used for AI, where she played an AI character.
Tools & Software
- Raycast AI - An app launcher with AI capabilities, offering quick chat and advanced AI chat features, supporting various LLMs and customizable AI commands.
- ChatGPT Plus - OpenAI's paid version of ChatGPT, offering access to advanced models like GPT-4 and GPT-4o.
- OpenAI API - An API providing access to OpenAI's AI models for developers.
- Eleven Labs - A tool used to generate voice clones from audio recordings.
- Claude - An AI model mentioned in comparison to ChatGPT and LLaMA for summarizing tasks.
- LLaMA - An AI model mentioned in comparison to ChatGPT and Claude for summarizing tasks.
Articles & Papers
- Google's blog post "Addressing inaccurate AI Overviews" - A post from Google addressing the inaccuracies and fabricated screenshots related to their AI Overviews feature.
People Mentioned
- Ronnie Lutz - A person who suggested a meetup location and is mentioned in the context of travel plans.
- Manton Reece - A person John caught up with in Austin and whose podcast, Core Intuition, discussed the Scarlett Johansson/OpenAI issue.
- Vic - A person who suggested a meetup location (Kentucky).
- Peter - A friend of Scott's who uses AI for creative tasks like generating storylines and summaries for role-playing games.
- Daniel Jalkut - Co-host of the Core Intuition podcast, mentioned in the context of the Scarlett Johansson/OpenAI discussion.
- Adam Curry - A podcaster who commented on John's voice.
- Sam Altman - CEO of OpenAI, mentioned in the context of the Scarlett Johansson voice controversy.
Organizations & Institutions
- Cotton Bureau - A platform for selling merchandise, noted for offering drinkware and requiring a storefront for coffee mugs.
- Spring (formerly Teespring) - A platform for selling merchandise, offering coffee mugs and stickers.
- OpenAI - The company behind ChatGPT and other AI models, discussed in relation to its AI Overviews and the Scarlett Johansson voice controversy.
- Google - The company whose search engine and AI Overviews feature were extensively discussed.
- Wikipedia - An online encyclopedia mentioned as a reference source with both strengths and weaknesses regarding factual accuracy and moderation.
- Encyclopedia Britannica - A historical and highly curated encyclopedia, contrasted with Wikipedia for its rigorous editorial process and fact-checking.
- Voices 123 - A platform for voice actors, mentioned in the context of job offers that involve selling rights to one's voice for AI replication.
Websites & Online Resources
- Engineer Network Pragmatic - The website mentioned for supporting the Pragmatic podcast as a premium supporter.
- Engineer Network Store - The website where official Pragmatic t-shirts, drinkware, and stickers are available.
- Patreon - A platform for creators to receive support from their audience, also mentioned as a place for John to gauge interest in meetups and for premium supporters to access content.
- Substack - A platform for newsletters and blogs, where John is experimenting with publishing articles and potentially host-read podcast episodes.
- Tech Distortion - John's personal blog, which he is running in parallel with his Substack.
- Reddit - A social media platform mentioned as a source of information used for training AI models, with concerns raised about its content quality.
- Core Intuition - A podcast co-hosted by Manton Reece and Daniel Jalkut, where the Scarlett Johansson/OpenAI issue was discussed.
- Wired - A publication mentioned as reporting on the Scarlett Johansson/OpenAI voice controversy.
- The Verge - A publication mentioned as reporting on the Scarlett Johansson/OpenAI voice controversy.
- Mastodon (scottwilsie.social.lol) - Scott's Fediverse handle.
Other Resources
- AI Overviews (Google Search) - A Google Search feature that provides AI-generated summaries at the top of search results, discussed for its potential inaccuracies and impact on information consumption.
- ChatGPT (OpenAI) - A large language model discussed for its capabilities in answering questions, generating text, and its use in programming assistance.
- Tesla Model 3 - John's electric car, mentioned in a discussion about EV battery degradation and longevity.
- Citizen Eco-Drive Watch - John's new solar-powered watch, marking his shift away from smartwatches due to notification anxiety.