Google’s AI-enhanced search functionality will soon be able toprovide summariesfor articles you’re browsing online.
It’s one of a growing number of ways that AI is transforming internet searches.
SGE can already summarize search results, saving you from endless scrolling to locate your desired information.
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The new addition aims to help you navigate to a link.
Users will benefit from this by getting news insights and other information more conveniently and faster in real-time.
Too Many Summaries?
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As handy as the new SGE feature, it could have some downsides.
Rodgers noted that AI summaries could miss important information.
“Is it beneficial enough to actually garner widespread usage instead of scrolling and scanning the page?
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Tiktokifying written information poorly is not our best move.
“This is especially important to consider for articles on debated topics,” he added.
“Pieces that naturally invite rigorous debate and examination risk being oversimplified when distilled into a summary.”
King was even more blunt in his assessment of AI search summaries.
“I don’t think that we need more dumbing down of the web,” he said.
“The attention span problem we have on the Internet is not making us any smarter as a species.
Tiktokifying written information poorly is not our best move.”
