Why we need to slow down the AI chatbot revolution

Rushing the discharge of AI chatbots for search is a dangerous experiment fuelled by greed.

IMAGINE dwelling in a metropolis that, in a single day, modified all its highway indicators. Some of them are nonetheless acquainted, directing you to the town centre, whereas others provide extra whimsical locations such because the moon or Narnia. Some adjustments streamline the driving expertise, whereas just a few are outright harmful, equivalent to a pace restrict of 300 miles per hour. “Oh, we know it doesn’t quite work,” say the town planners. “But the neighbouring city is going to do it and we wanted to get there first. Will you test it for us so we can win?”

We would rightly query the …