AI is hype.
They’ve recently signed a deal with Reddit for AI parsable data. Reddit reciprocated by allowing Google to be the only indexable search engine.
Google now thinks it can do the same to literally everyone else.
Googling is pretty damn mainstream.
Don’t give Google your data, then don’t be included in googles search results. It’s like a flip of their previous trade with reddit, except it’s not a trade. It’s extortion.
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CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Can someone explain why the fuck Google is pushing this so hard? Generative AI is not a general intelligence, and useless for concrete facts. Google has already demonstrated how shitty it is for information, and the people with the knowledge to work on the project have to know this. So why the fuck are they all full steam ahead on something that will always be useless for them?
towerful@programming.dev 2 months ago
31337@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Their line goes up when they show they’re investing in AI, and it goes down when it looks like they’re falling behind or not investing enough in it.
TBH, a lot of times I find myself interacting with ChatGPT instead of searching. It’s overhyped, but it’s useful.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Magic beans.
rogue_scholar@eviltoast.org 2 months ago
Because the engineers aren’t in charge anymore