That was a wild ride.
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LWD@lemm.ee 15 hours ago
this would-be Reddit competitor, built for the AI era
Oh no…
The founders think that the internet is being flooded with bots and AI agents, which will create demand for online communities like Digg that foster real human connections.
Okay, Digg has my attention again.
Beneath posts, Digg is leveraging AI to summarize the article’s content.
And they lost me again.
natecox@programming.dev 15 hours ago
Pirate@feddit.org 7 hours ago
AI. BOTS. MILLENIAL INFANTILE DESIGN. CORPORATE SPEAK.
Gee, I wonder why people aren’t tripping over themselves to join this.
doctortofu@reddthat.com 12 hours ago
Because if there’s anything a link aggregator needs, it’s MORE reasons for people to not read linked articles! Will they also add AI responses? That way users wouldn’t need to bother with reading OR writing!
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 7 hours ago
What’s wrong with AI summaries? AI has it’s uses. A long as it’s just adding some metadata I don’t see nothing wrong with it.
For me the big questions is what are they going to do to stop bots, spam and internet points farming. So far they didn’t reveal any plans.
echodot@feddit.uk 6 hours ago
What’s wrong with AI summaries?
It never stops there though, they never just write their summary and leave it alone they always have to have the AI do more and more until it eventually takes over the entire platform.
dil@lemmy.zip 15 hours ago
LWD@lemm.ee 15 hours ago
I see no reason to engage with, or trust anything created by, a bullshit generator. If Digg claims to “care” about the humans, then making the top comment into a brick wall (which has zero accountability) is a funny way of showing it.
But then again, I’m sure their privacy policy also says they care about your privacy.
dil@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
its not a comment its in the post and its alpha, they’ll prob add an option for it to be closed by default.
SaltSong@startrek.website 13 hours ago
Is there some reason we want brands to join the conversation?
dubyakay@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
They💸foster💸real💸human💸connections.
dil@lemmy.zip 15 hours ago
Not like itll prevent ppl from clicking on articles that alrady werent
tonytins@pawb.social 15 hours ago
Because that worked soo well for Apple.
MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 15 hours ago
And they realized it and fixed their mistake… hopefully…
chunes@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
It must be tiring to be this narrow-minded.
echodot@feddit.uk 6 hours ago
The internet has way too many AI bots, let’s add some more
- Digg logic