When I wrote my thoughts about ChatGPT and AI a few months ago, I did not realize how accurate my predictions would turn out to be. Generally, I’m only good at predicting the past (ha!).
Today I wanted to test Bard, which is Google’s version of ChaGPT. First I asked it “Who is Steve Ainslie”. The reply was “I do not have enough information about that person to help with your request.” So far, so bad. That’s pathetic since any search engine would give multiple links – usually with me being within the first few links.
Then I said, “Create a blog post about marriage using the voice of ainslies.org“. It returned a totally generic listicle type article about marriage that I would expect to see on any generics website – what is marriage, tips for successful marriage, importance of marriage, challenges of marriage. It clearly did not reference any of the more than 1100 posts I wrote on my blog, nor was the style and tone differentiated in any way.
And I thought, this is just like shopping at the Dollar Store. You can get a bunch of crap for really cheap, but it’s not good quality. Nor is it difference from any of the crap you could get from any other low price bargain shop.
And, I refuse to shop at the Dollar Store. Even entering the store to try to find anything of acceptable minimal quality is not worth the effort.
So far, that’s been my experience with AI as well.
If I want crappy internet content, I can find easily with any google search.