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While what you are saying is obviously correct on some level, degree of control matters. If you ask google, they will happily tell you a story about a vast insc
by dunkelheit 7y ago
While what you are saying is obviously correct on some level, degree of control matters. If you ask google, they will happily tell you a story about a vast inscrutable "artificial intelligence" that soaks up wisdom of the internet and that they can control only in the broadest terms, when in reality the degree of control is much more granular.
Why is this distinction important? From the article itself:
> THE JOURNAL’S FINDINGS undercut one of Google’s core defenses against global regulators worried about how it wields its immense power—that the company doesn’t exert editorial control over what it shows users.