Yesterday Google Chrome asked me if I want to try "out experimental AI features?"
(It lives at chrome://settings/ai -- you might see if it's available in yours. If not, it might be on the next update).
"These features use AI, are in early development, and won't always get it right."
I really don't want (even more of) my browser usage sent to Google's servers... but I can't resist, so I turned on the AI features to see what they do.
The features it advertises are:
"Help me write: Helps you write short-form content for things on the web, like reviews. Suggested content is based on your prompts and the content of the web page. To use this feature, right-click on a text box."
"Tab organizer: Automatically creates tab groups based on your open tabs. To use this feature, right-click on a tab and click Organize similar tabs."
To try out "Help me write", I punched in, "Today Google Chrome asks me if I want to try 'out experimental AI features?'".
After selecting "Elaborate" for "Length" and "Formal" for "Tone", I got:
"Today, Google Chrome prompted me to try out 'experimental AI features.' I clicked on the link and was directed to a page that described the features. The descriptions sounded interesting, but I am unsure what the features are or how they would improve my workflow. I am interested in learning whether anyone has tried these features and can share their evaluation of their usefulness."
I clicked on a button, not a link. Ha.
As for "Tab organizer", I clicked on a tab with a video about Boeing and clicked "Organize Similar Tabs".
It created a tab group called "Boeing Drama".
Here are the tabs it put together into the same tab group:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8oCilY4szc - Boeing: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlmYZ06F-78 - Boeing's killer plane - What went wrong? | ENDEVR Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDEkH0zd3F8 - Scandal: Boeing's 737 Max disaster - Plainly Difficult
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUuB0C1Nk8U - The SR-71 was much faster than the Air Force will admit - Sandboxx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLT1QEIIaB4 - Did beleaguered aircraft giant eliminate whistleblower? - Todd Grande
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTmeswV3Ln0 - Boeing whistleblower found dead amid safety concerns and legal battle - dustin dailey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdb44vY9VBw - "They Silenced Him." Boeing Whistleblower found dead after testifying | Attorney Ryan Explains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfoBxa7EoIo - The World with Yalda Hakim: Boeing whistleblower John Barnett found dead - Sky News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwAtCavQQlA - "Dead after testifying" - Was Boeing whistle blower John Barnett killed to silence him? - Valuetainment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOffvIaWNm4 - Ex-Boeing Quality Manager Warns of 737 Plane Being Back Air So Soon | TMZ Live - Jan 31, 2024
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39673589 - Boeing whistleblower found dead in US (bbc.com)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39673589 - Boeing whistleblower found dead in US (bbc.com)
It included the Hacker News link twice. But I had it open twice so maybe it should have done that?
And if you look closely, you'll notice it snuck in one video that's not about Boeing. There's an SR-71 video in there. It kind of makes sense that it's in the group because it's also about aviation, but the label it came up with for the tab group wasn't "Aviation", it was "Boeing Drama". So, there's a little bit of disconnect between the clustering algorithm and the labelling algorithm.
Also, and if you're thinking most of the tabs open on my machine were about Boeing, you'd be wrong. I've got 320 tabs open. So, 13 about Boeing, 307 about other topics. As a percentage, 4% about Boeing. (More on that below.)
And yes, I know you all count on me to bring you insights into the latest AI developments (lol), but I got sucked into the "Boeing news" rabbit hole. (More on that below, too).
[Experimental AI](chrome://settings/ai)
