Google Employees Meme About How Bad Their AI Is

About this episode

The episode discusses internal memes at Google about their AI, Microsoft's strategy to make users addicted to their AI assistant, and how companies manipulate AI search results using Reddit.

We start this week with Emanuel’s story about the internal memes Google employees are making all about AI. Definitely check out some of the examples in the article or on YouTube. After the break, Jason tells us how Microsoft explicitly wants to “make people addicted” to its new AI assistant, according to an internal document. In the subscribers-only section, Jason explains how companies are using Reddit to manipulate AI search results and big LEGO drama. Google Employees Internally Share Memes About How Its AI Sucks Microsoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal Companies Are Using Reddit to Manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Emanuel, Jason

Topics covered

• internal memes
• AI criticism
• addiction to AI
• manipulation of search results
• corporate strategies

Keywords

• Google
• Microsoft
• AI
• memes
• Reddit
• search results
• addiction
• ChatGPT
• LEGO

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google, Microsoft, Reddit

Products: AI assistant

Books & works: YouTube, ChatGPT, LEGO

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