The Age of AI

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1. nightowl_gamesMay 2022
   I think the author is underestimating the significance of progress that has been made. I'm reading The Age of AI by Eric Schmidt and he establishes the significance of the AI developed anti-biotic Halicin as well as many others. AI is a big deal. I can't help but feel that this is cynicism masquerading as insight, and question the basis upon which the author forms this opinion.
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2. version_fiveNov 2021
   I'm reading The Age of AI whose authors include Eric Schmidt. There is a part where they mention that in 2015 Google moved from "human developed" search algos to "Machine Learning". I don't know what that means in practical terms, but when I saw it a light went on for why their search had become so bad.

   I'd just add that I think it's bad in the sense that many others have mentioned- lots of crap at the top, ads, very hard to find more obscure stuff. Otoh, I generally still find it better than bing / ddg for most mainstream searches I would do.

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