Google Search Amplifies its Chatterbox Mode with AI – Get Ready for Saucy Searches!

“With AI Mode, Google Search Is About to Get Even Chattier”

“Gone are the days when Google used to simply spew out a list of blue links in response to your search query. Now it’s all about the ‘journey’—pulling in data from multiple sources and presenting it in a tidy package, anticipatory computing at its finest”, says Wired Magazine.

While multi-source information integration is the latest fad, search engine unbelievers might wonder if this complex digital cocktail is truly the way of the future. Google, our ever benevolent tech overlord, has decided to revamp how we search – the traditional method, that delivered the raw, unadulterated thrill of chasing down information in a sea of blue links. Now, in all its wisdom, it has opted for a more ‘holistic’ approach, one where it decides for you, what you need. Welcome to the era of anticipatory computing.

The dawn of anticipatory computing is not just about Google’s might but also its benevolence. We no longer need to think about what we don’t know. Google is here to do that for us, apparently doing us the huge favour of predicting our intentions before we’ve even figured out what we might need. “Oh, you wanted to know about the current weather?” it seems to say, “Let’s also tell you about the up-and-coming theatre productions, local farmers markets and the best outlets to buy socks from.”

Well, certainly the days of plainspoken ‘search’ are over. We are now embarking on this exciting new ‘journey’ of learned intuition and sham prescience. It is as if a digital genie has been let out of its proverbial lamp, armed with data, ready to divine our deepest desires before we even have a chance to articulate them. Google, our knight in algorithmic armor, will revel in dispensing this wisdom, in neat, tidy packages, no mess, no fuss.

But don’t go thinking that this quest for omnipotence stops at the search bar. Oh no. With Google’s other endeavors, such as Google Assistant and Google Maps, it would seem that search gratification is just not enough. It has decided to take on the mighty task of providing seamlessly integrated anticipatory knowledge, all in the noble pursuit of making our lives easier.

So, here’s to our brave new world – a world packed to the brim with anticipatory computing. May Google continue to lead us down this path of nifty, comprehensive data extraction. Surely, this is the future we’ve all been waiting for. And if it’s not? Well, tough luck. This is what we are stuck with.

Read the original article here: https://www.wired.com/story/google-ai-mode-search/