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Once upon a time, you’d ask a search engine a question, and you’d get a list of websites that would presumably provide an answer.

No more. Now, with the help of artificial intelligence, you can get an answer that summarizes what you’d find out on the internet, without having to click any links. Accuracy and relevance? Eh, don’t place any bets on it, but that’s a whole other matter.

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The essential point is that artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming as much a part of our lives as the technology that provides it. Just ask Google’s AI itself: Prompted to list some benefits of AI, the large language model points out that AI is being used to help with medical diagnoses and assist in surgery; to detect financial fraud and devise investment strategies; to power self-driving vehicles and manage traffic and navigation systems; and to recommend consumer purchases and manage supply chains.

And here’s a rather ironic........

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