Is AI Just "Fast Googling"? Users Debate After Viral Video Downplays Its Capabilities

The video features a man arguing that AI primarily engages in algorithmic learning rather than true intelligence.

Artificial intelligence appears to be omnipresent these days. The technology is already influencing everything, from the creation of text and images to how we live and work, even in its current state and with its restrictions.

ChatGPT, Gemini, Stable Diffusion, and DALL-E are examples of generative AI technologies, which are systems that generate new content based on past experience. Some of these are available online at no cost or with a little subscription.

The way artificial intelligence (AI) unleashes new powers and alters existing power sets it apart from other technological waves. The most overlooked feature of the current technology revolution is this. Although every technological wave modifies power structures in its wake, none has witnessed the unadulterated spread of power.