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"Every day, users ask search engines millions of questions. The information we
receive can shape our opinions and behaviour.
We are often not aware of their influence, but internet search tools sort and
rank web content when responding to our queries. This can certainly help us
learn more things. But search tools can also return low-quality information and
even misinformation.
Recently, large language models (LLMs) have entered the search scene. While
LLMs are not search engines, commercial web search engines have started to
include LLM-based artificial intelligence (AI) features into their products.
Microsoft’s Copilot and Google’s Overviews are examples of this trend.
AI-enhanced search is marketed as convenient. But, together with other changes
in the nature of search over the last decades, it raises the question: what is
a good search engine?
Our new paper, published in
AI and Ethics, explores this. To make the
possibilities clearer, we imagine four search tool models: Customer Servant,
Librarian, Journalist and Teacher. These models reflect design elements in
search tools and are loosely based on matching human roles."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
