GOOGLE ISN’T JUST AFRAID OF COMPETITION FROM CHATGPT — THE GIANT IS SCARED CHATGPT WILL KILL AI:

It’s not just that ChatGPT is offering serious competition to its search engine. It’s that the technology represents everything Google was afraid artificial intelligence would become. If ChatGPT runs rampant, the search giant fears it could ruin AI adoption for everyone.

Since going viral, ChatGPT has demonstrated how generative AI can be user-friendly, practical, and productive. But it also comes with controversy: the possibility that it can be used for cheating, phishing, malware, and other bad behaviors.

If you’re looking for something even creepier than ChatGPT, Replika, an AI-driven Chatbot, has been advertising quite a bit on Facebook recently: Can Replika Really Help Ease Anxiety? I Tried the Chatbot App to Find Out.

Let’s just say that even though we’re way past 2019, the Tyrell Corporation won’t be losing much sleep over Replika.

But between ChatGPT, Replika, and Midjourney, the AI photo manipulation software, I’ve had my first taste of Tofflerian Future Shock over technology — specifically, how AI will be shaping the future.