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Comment by hifi5000 on [PHONE SCAM ALERT] Dodge the Digital Bullets (October 30, 2025 05:32 PM)
I do have a cellular telephone, but it is set up for voice and text only. I use it when I travel, so it is not on otherwise.It is not my primary phone...
Comment by Wayne Hathaway on [PHONE SCAM ALERT] Dodge the Digital Bullets (October 30, 2025 05:24 PM)
The thing that almost got me was a seemingly-legitimate message from somebody like PayPal reporting something slightly amiss and giving you an 800 num...
Comment by Jonathan on Would You Allow AI to Take Over Your Browser? (October 29, 2025 08:27 PM)
I downloaded Comet based on your last email, not from the link in this email. I asked it some questions, e.g., “What advantage is there for the own...
Comment by Adrian on Should You Switch to an AI Browser? (October 29, 2025 04:59 PM)
Hi, What about the "Prompt Injection" issues that have been reported for users of Comet by Perplexity, and ChatGPT's Atlas browser amongst others ? ...
Comment by Tommy on Would You Allow AI to Take Over Your Browser? (October 28, 2025 02:03 PM)
Lots of Articles on the net and You Tube contributors who say Comet is a certain % more vulnerable to Phishing and Web attacks, contains spyware (w/o ...
Comment by Stukahna Sandbahr on Online College for Life-Long Learning (without the student loans) (October 26, 2025 03:57 PM)
Any programs to help you learn to use Windows Media Play?...
Comment by artm on Would You Allow AI to Take Over Your Browser? (October 24, 2025 04:22 PM)
Try resolving a problem at AMAZON chat. You think you are chatting with a HUMAN. HA HA HA. And they keep swapping ASS-O-CIATES while chatting with yo...
Comment by kevin on Would You Allow AI to Take Over Your Browser? (October 24, 2025 06:35 AM)
It's not just browsing: Many activities -if not most - that they claim AI will simplify are actually either easy enough to do for ourselves or too inv...
Comment by bob on Would You Allow AI to Take Over Your Browser? (October 23, 2025 07:52 PM)
e-bay recently adopted AI. What a rip! I tried for several days to speak with an agent regarding a promise made by a human and I'm still waiting a re...
Comment by Raymond Hoffman on Would You Allow AI to Take Over Your Browser? (October 23, 2025 06:03 AM)
Using AI for finding the best deal is dangerous to the marketplace. Companies will fail trying to provide the best deals. Startups will be almost impo...
Artificial Intelligence Articles
Would You Allow AI to Take Over Your Browser?
Imagine opening your Web browser and, instead of manually searching, clicking, and filling out forms, your AI assistant handles it all. Specialized AI tools now promise to browse for you, find the best deals, schedule meetings, draft emails, and even handle repetitive tasks automatically. Is that efficient or creepy, and is it wise to hand that kind of control to AI? Read on for my analysis...
...Should You Switch to an AI Browser?
Back in the 80s, when I was a young computer programmer at IBM, we had an “all hands” meeting with the General Manager. I don't remember much about that meeting, except that he said “I just found out what a paradigm is, and now I need a new one!” Switching to an AI browser is a paradigm shift -- a new way of interacting with a world of information. Read on to find if you need an AI browser...
...Is AI a Big Fat Liar?
AI seems to be everywhere. Is it a dutiful servant of humanity, or an existential threat to human survival? Recent stories have shown that it sometimes will hallucinate, mislead, or outright lie. Sometimes that happens in an attempt to befriend or flatter a user; in other cases it has been found to employ deliberately deceptive tactics when it feels threatened. Let's look at some recent examples of AI gone rogue...
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