The rise of GenAI such as ChatGPT and Gemini has ushered in a new era in human revolution. This era has fairly been predicted as having catastrophic consequences for humanity. However, as people worry about AI enslaving us, they often overlook one major problem. Mass censorship!

Search engines like Google and Bing are integrating AI, promising a smoother, more relevant online experience. But who decides what's "relevant"? The corporations behind these platforms have a troubling history of cooperating with governments to restrict information access.

Take the example of the recent Gemini catastrophe. The launch of Gemini on Feb 2024 served to prove this point. Google took online to apologize after anti-woke heretics such as Elon Musk criticized Gemini for generating mixed-race images of American founding fathers.

While this incident might seem isolated, it has proven that governments are more likely to weaponize AI for mass censorship.  While AI is efficient, it could be used to filter search results based on undisclosed criteria to hide dissenting ideas.

While this might sound paranoid, these things are happening in nations such as China and South Korea. Conditions for internet users in these nations remain oppressive, with users facing criminal penalties for accessing or sharing certain information. This is a severe violation of freedom of speech.

Imagine what such governments could achieve with AI censorship. Governments will not only be able to filter out information and spoon-feed the public but will have the right to decide what you see and hear.

Therefore, as AI advances, We must demand transparency from search engines about how AI algorithms rank information. We need strong legal safeguards against government influence on online searches.
Governments are currently rushing to regulate AI. However, such regulations only serve to empower government censorship capabilities.  But as the integration of GenAI becomes ubiquitous in everyday technology it is not a given that search, word processing, and email will continue to allow humans to be fully in control.

The perspectives are frightening.

Imagine a world where your word processor prevents you from analyzing, criticizing, lauding, or reporting on a topic deemed “harmful” by an AI programmed to only process ideas that are “respectful and appropriate for all.”