On the one hand, gaming is one of the few industries where generative AI can have a big impact on producitivity today. It's easy to be cynical, but used well it could reverse the trend of excessively expensive AAA game development.
On the other hand, who would trust the CEO of EA / EA in general not to do all the wrong things with AI to save a buck.
TL;DR: Generative could help a lot, but big publishers will use it the worse ways possible.
I feel like the correct answer is proper oversight of how the system is used, not a blanket shutdown in case it's misused. Perhaps these charities who complaining should be involved in that?
The goal of the service seems sensible, especially when you consider how often public services have made serious mistakes due to "information silos".
This is quite a flawed and obviously biased analysis.
To use just one example. If the UK hadn't had locked down when it did, it's likely the entire health service would have collapsed, leading to more excess AND Covid deaths.
Unlike the author, I don't pretend to have the answer, but anyone with a functioning brain can see this "analysis" is without merit.
Income gets reinvested in the transport infrastructure, e.g. public transport.
Ultimately, only public transport can "solve" congestion and air pollution. It was interesting to see Uber references heavily in this. Uber is a significant contributor to increased congestion and pollution in cities, no matter what it might claim.
In this specific case, it's a great example of how Google's attempts to keep people on Google has made search worse.
It's showing this result as a featured snippet because it's easy to distil into steps, and Google is hoping you'll just read the result and not leave Google.
Of course, Google's attempts to stop you leaving, and hoover up as much of the ad market as possible, also drives publishers to ever more desperate things to make money.
Users: Hey Siri, set a 30 minute timer.