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Comment by Derek Choukalos on Would You Allow AI to Take Over Your Browser? (October 23, 2025 01:36 AM)
As a Canadian I am appalled by what my government is doing with AI. I recently learned that Revenue Canada is impossible to reach, so I have no way to...
Comment by Lee McIntyre on Would You Allow AI to Take Over Your Browser? (October 23, 2025 12:47 AM)
Would You Trust AI to Take Over Your Browser? Not So Fast. This article brought to mind two particularly troubling personal experiences that left me ...
Comment by Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. on Would You Allow AI to Take Over Your Browser? (October 22, 2025 10:53 PM)
I can live with AI finding the best deal on anything I want to get, but I draw the line when it also wants to place the order for me. I can do that my...
Comment by Phil on Would You Allow AI to Take Over Your Browser? (October 22, 2025 10:26 PM)
Also HELL NO...
Comment by jim on Would You Allow AI to Take Over Your Browser? (October 22, 2025 10:22 PM)
Not only 'no', but HELL no....
Comment by Glenn P. on Would You Allow AI to Take Over Your Browser? (October 22, 2025 10:19 PM)
What I dread is when the writers of malware start using AI... or, even worse yet, actually putting AI into the malware its...
Comment by Darryl Gotdon on Would You Allow AI to Take Over Your Browser? (October 22, 2025 09:59 PM)
For anyon concerned about AI MUST read "Building a God" by Chirstopher Dicarlo, PH.D. The book is very informative and scarey....
Comment by Darryl Gotdon on Would You Allow AI to Take Over Your Browser? (October 22, 2025 09:58 PM)
For anyon concerned about AI MUST read "Building a God" by Chirstopher Dicarlo, PH.D. The book is very informative and scarey....
Comment by Sarah L on Would You Allow AI to Take Over Your Browser? (October 22, 2025 09:22 PM)
In answer to your first question: creepy....
Comment by Allan on Would You Allow AI to Take Over Your Browser? (October 22, 2025 09:13 PM)
The first item in your list, summarisation,is a nono. Why? who is it being summarised for -you- unlikely the gods in Silicon Valley,the mighty trump o...
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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