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Casey Newton May 15, 2024

With today’s announcements at Google I/O, the web has entered a state of managed decline https://www.platformer.news/google-io-ai-search-sundar-pichai/

Google’s broken link to the web

With AI search results coming to the masses, the human-powered web recedes further into the background

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Ali May 15, 2024

@caseynewton Casey, a fundamental issue here, that feels like it’s just skipped over consistently is whether those in-search AI results are *correct* and *true*.

I propose that they are not, and they never can be, because Google has not, and can not solve for “Garbage In, Garbage Out”, because the garbage was already ingested.

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modularComputer May 15, 2024

@grissallia @caseynewton
I see your point, and frankly agree. One thing to consider though is if the general public (the people who would love to get their answer right on the Google page) would even care. Unless the AI summary is very obviously incorrect, I suspect they'll believe it.

Heck, if I'm googling something, I generally don't know the answer and won't be able to determine if the AI summary is slightly incorrect or wrong in a not-so-obvious way.

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hardkorebob

@modularComputer @grissallia @caseynewton My question is why is everyone so addicted to finding answers? It is a very interesting question if you dont dismiss it by its superficial simplicity. The fragmentation of the internet is on purpose from design. The public was never the intended customer just a side effect and now a cash cow. Every little character crunched and accounted for $ only friends. The sad truth is that this Matrix is for profit only and if none of us see this then there is no future of freedom. And if I can be blunt, if we are hackers how is this even a reality? We are supposed to be the ones bringing the balance not giving into the demands of the capitalists. It sucks to be alone in the understandings of things that trickle down from the top. The problem is not the software nor the data, its the peoples nefarious dealings behind them to bind the public. Thats the problem. They are not interested in our well being. Period.