This is a phase of enshittification, no? First, Amazon is a place where buyers and sellers get together, a way for sellers to reach customers, but then the next step is for Amazon itself to become the seller, and cut all the other sellers out. First, Google is the intermediary, then it becomes the end point.
Looking at this selfishly, I worry my best path ahead is to join the Luddites. It's just so hard to allow these massive corporations to rip everyone off for massive profits in the disguise of "progress". But when it's all so ubiquitous and to stay on top of not contributing to the "downfall of society" (only slight hyperbole), it feels impossible to participate without quitting my day job.
What happens when journalism and quality content creators can't support themselves and stop producing? I don't want to live in that reality.
Google results already blow chunks. I search for something and get at least 90% irrelevant information, like something that's from 2014 or reddit or quora etc that has nothing to do with my search. If AI can make that better then I'm all for it. Sadly that does not appear to be the case though.
I had an unnerving experience with Google's AI that I related on I think Matt Pierce's site. I was looking for a copy of a particular statute I could link to so folks could see the exact wording. The first result was a website that I knew published the statutes I was looking for. When I clicked, I didn't get the website. I got an AI generated description of the statute with no link I could use. I had to type in the website address separately and search on IT to find the particular statute. Thanks for making my day SO much easier, Google.
This is a phase of enshittification, no? First, Amazon is a place where buyers and sellers get together, a way for sellers to reach customers, but then the next step is for Amazon itself to become the seller, and cut all the other sellers out. First, Google is the intermediary, then it becomes the end point.
Looking at this selfishly, I worry my best path ahead is to join the Luddites. It's just so hard to allow these massive corporations to rip everyone off for massive profits in the disguise of "progress". But when it's all so ubiquitous and to stay on top of not contributing to the "downfall of society" (only slight hyperbole), it feels impossible to participate without quitting my day job.
What happens when journalism and quality content creators can't support themselves and stop producing? I don't want to live in that reality.
Google results already blow chunks. I search for something and get at least 90% irrelevant information, like something that's from 2014 or reddit or quora etc that has nothing to do with my search. If AI can make that better then I'm all for it. Sadly that does not appear to be the case though.
I had an unnerving experience with Google's AI that I related on I think Matt Pierce's site. I was looking for a copy of a particular statute I could link to so folks could see the exact wording. The first result was a website that I knew published the statutes I was looking for. When I clicked, I didn't get the website. I got an AI generated description of the statute with no link I could use. I had to type in the website address separately and search on IT to find the particular statute. Thanks for making my day SO much easier, Google.