Mastodawn

Eugen Rochko Mar 5, 2025

I see generative AI on the web the same way I see forever chemicals in the real world. The effects may not be immediately apparent but they are poisoning mankind. Those who acquired knowledge and skills in the before era will be fine, but newer generations won't have the same reference points to tell reality from fiction. They will search for "baby peacock" on Google and have no reason to believe the actual birds look any different to what they're shown. I find that sad somehow.

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Bob LeFridge

Mar 5, 2025

There was a period where those of us who knew how to use Google properly were considered by some to be minor Gods. I preferred that time.

It's sad that young people will never experience the potential of the weirdly wonderful web.

@Gargron

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kaffando Mar 5, 2025

@BobLefridge @Gargron

Remember when it used to give you cached results, so you could go directly to the source. Which was always real, not fake.

Them good ol' days.

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Bob LeFridge

Mar 5, 2025

And Google indexed millions of obscure pages so you'd always find good sources.

"Do no evil" was a brave statement. Even true, for a few years.

@BobLefridge @kaffando @Gargron I was sad, but not surprised, when they took the IPO path and disappeared “Don’t be Evil” from their mission statement.

Nothing good ever comes from an IPO.

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KanaMauna

@mivox @BobLefridge @kaffando @Gargron

The fact that they couldn't keep the slogan, if only just for PR purposes, speaks volumes to the depths of their depravity.