Ned YeungNov 3, 2024

The concern here is that old search engines can give you links and you can go into them to verify the content. AI taking over our search engines hides the sources of information, forcing us to blindly trust the AI and wherever it got its information from.

#AI

Show threadWulfyNov 3, 2024

@ned

Perplexity.ai shows you sources.
Multiple sources, images, documents.

Show threadSamNov 3, 2024
@n_dimension @ned Still not enough as no one clicks on sources. It's easy to show spun content and put a subscription fee to it. Substantially more difficult to make that original content all AI bros are salivating over.
Show threadWulfy

@sambondor @ned

I click on sources.
Not all the time, but when it matters.

Hence, your argument is flawed.

Nov 3, 2024 at 11:19amWeb
Show threadSamNov 3, 2024
@n_dimension @ned Take a website like Reddit which is one of the largest forums on the web (artificially pushed up by Google). They even have a pinned comment which summarizes the article otherwise users will just argue over the title. That's a behavior commonly found on all social media. So, it's great that you click on some links, because most people don't unless something seems off to them, prompting the need to check the source for validity. Overall, this leads to less traffic to sources.
Show threadUkeleleEricNov 3, 2024
@n_dimension @sambondor @ned and if that source is behind a pay wall, do you sign up just to check it?
Show threadWulfyNov 3, 2024

@UkeleleEric @sambondor @ned

I click on another source that isn't.

Paywalls are not an artifact of AI
But that of capitalism.