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Google has sent internet into 'spiral of decline', claims DeepMind co-founder

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Re: Google has sent internet into 'spiral of decline', claims DeepMind co-founder

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Post by mg » 

    Information online is “buried at the
    bottom of a lot of verbiage and guff”,
    Mr Suleyman argued, so websites can
    “sell more adverts”, fuelled by
    Google’s technology.
I think we are at a turning point in this regard.

AI can now read through SEO fluff text and ads and present the user with the information they are looking for.

Therefore, there will be no more incentive to create those types of sites.

The web will change. Into what it will change is yet to be seen. But it will change.

Re: Google has sent internet into 'spiral of decline', claims DeepMind co-founder

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Post by TerrifiedMouse »

mg wrote: post #2

Information online is “buried at the bottom of a lot of verbiage and guff”, Mr Suleyman argued, so websites can “sell more adverts”, fuelled by Google’s technology. I think we are at a turning point in this regard. AI can now read through SEO fluff text and ads and present the user with the information they are looking for. Therefore, there will be no more incentive to create those types of sites. The web will change…

> Therefore, there will be no more incentive to create those types of sites.

There will also be no more incentive to create sites with actual useful information since AI will just appropriate it. AI will destroy the source of its training data.

Re: Google has sent internet into 'spiral of decline', claims DeepMind co-founder

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Post by TaylorAlexander »

mg wrote: post #2

Information online is “buried at the bottom of a lot of verbiage and guff”, Mr Suleyman argued, so websites can “sell more adverts”, fuelled by Google’s technology. I think we are at a turning point in this regard. AI can now read through SEO fluff text and ads and present the user with the information they are looking for. Therefore, there will be no more incentive to create those types of sites. The web will change…

> AI can now read through SEO fluff text and ads and present the user with the information they are looking for.

Little comfort when so much of that fluff is now being AI generated. There becomes a point at which we dilute the quality of the information on the web so much, the detail is just lost. AI generating summaries of AI generated garbage is not going to create a better web.

I’ve been reading AP News recently, directly on their website, and the site is so riddled with ads it’s hard to read the articles. We are truly breaking the internet.

Re: Google has sent internet into 'spiral of decline', claims DeepMind co-founder

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Post by ramraj07 »

TerrifiedMouse wrote: post #6
mg wrote: post #2

Information online is “buried at the bottom of a lot of verbiage and guff”, Mr Suleyman argued, so websites can “sell more adverts”, fuelled by Google’s technology. I think we are at a turning point in this regard. AI can now read through SEO fluff text and ads and present the user with the information they are looking for. Therefore, there will be no more incentive to create those types of sites. The web will change…

> Therefore, there will be no more incentive to create those types of sites. There will also be no more incentive to create sites with actual useful information since AI will just appropriate it. AI will destroy the source of its training data.

The sites with actual useful information don’t need much effort to create and maintain. If it was all just wikis it’s perfectly great. The problem only became when “entrepreneurs” realized they can game this system to gain money.

Re: Google has sent internet into 'spiral of decline', claims DeepMind co-founder

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Post by YetAnotherNick »

tehlike wrote: post #4

It feels a bit hypocritical to bash on the company that acquired your startup.

I feel it shouldn't be a problem if personal life and belief is different than professional life. I also wouldn't deny tens of millions of dollars even if it comes from someone I hate.

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Post by anonymous_sorry »

tehlike wrote: post #4

It feels a bit hypocritical to bash on the company that acquired your startup.

I'd rather people spoke the truth as they see it, rather than being forever silenced by a big payday. The issue he raises wasn't really a thing in 2014. 9 years later, he can't raise problems?

Google search is awful now. And Google search has a big effect on the health of the web. The more people recognise it, the better.

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