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Nearly all of the Google images results for "baby peacock" are AI generated

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Re: Nearly all of the Google images results for "baby peacock" are AI generated

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Almost all of the "product X vs Y" results are AI ramblings now. This growth of the dead Internet is making me want to sign up for Kagi. We're going to need a certification for human generated content at some point.

Even Google is trying to get into the X vs Y game, with pretty funny results if you ask for a nonsensical comparison.

https://x.com/samhenrigold/status/1843040235325964549

...or a sensical comparison where it just completely misses the point.

https://i.imgur.com/FotFZ3F.jpeg

Re: Nearly all of the Google images results for "baby peacock" are AI generated

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Almost all of the "product X vs Y" results are AI ramblings now. This growth of the dead Internet is making me want to sign up for Kagi. We're going to need a certification for human generated content at some point.

Searching with "Reddit" at the end of every query helps but I suppose it's only a matter of time when most content on Reddit is also AI-generated.

Re: Nearly all of the Google images results for "baby peacock" are AI generated

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In the near future, a significant portion of YouTube videos and podcasts will likely be AI-generated (e.g., through tools like Notebook LM). However, I'm uncertain whether audiences will truly enjoy this AI-generated content. Personally, I prefer content created by humans—it feels more authentic and engaging to me. It’s crucial for AI tools to include robust detection mechanisms, such as reliable watermarks, to help…

Personally I'm opposed to the unlimited slop machine.

Re: Nearly all of the Google images results for "baby peacock" are AI generated

#65

Google is going to have to solve for this somehow if they want to remain relevant, right? If searching for an image and generating the image yield the same result, what's the point of image search any more?

> what's the point of image search any more?

The same could be said for regular search. Pretty much anything I search for yields a page of ads followed by pages of content farmers followed by pages of "almost sounds like experts but is still just a content farmer."

Financing the Internet with advertising has really made it difficult to find good quality content. The incentives are completely misaligned, unless you are a 'content creator' or Google.

Re: Nearly all of the Google images results for "baby peacock" are AI generated

#66

Someone needs to invent a “for humans, by humans” web. Possibly a future luxury.

I feel like this is what we are trying to do at Reddit, but needless to say it's going to get harder and harder.

I sense Reddit is a lost cause. Even before the latest wave of generative AI you could tell things were heavily manipulated.

I dare say that I haven’t noticed that much of a change in things and that could either be because LLMs are just that good at Reddit content, or that because Reddit was already so botted and manipulated it didn’t really change much.

Re: Nearly all of the Google images results for "baby peacock" are AI generated

#67

Almost all of the "product X vs Y" results are AI ramblings now. This growth of the dead Internet is making me want to sign up for Kagi. We're going to need a certification for human generated content at some point.

Ironically, ChatGPT and similar LLM chatbots are great for those kinds of searches.

Re: Nearly all of the Google images results for "baby peacock" are AI generated

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post #27

One of the replies mentions this uBlock Origin AI blocklist (haven't tried it myself): https://github.com/laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist

I think we should have an allow list approach at this point. Maybe a web directory of trustful websites.

Re: Nearly all of the Google images results for "baby peacock" are AI generated

#69

It's not even the right terminology. I think you should probably use "peafowl". The search "peafowl chicks" seems to return all real images.

I think this is kind of key to the issue, the good content is there if you know how to find it. But if you don't know the right terminology then you are going to search for baby peacock and get bad results.

Re: Nearly all of the Google images results for "baby peacock" are AI generated

#70

Almost all of the "product X vs Y" results are AI ramblings now. This growth of the dead Internet is making me want to sign up for Kagi. We're going to need a certification for human generated content at some point.

It really is a werid feeling remembering the internet of my youth and even my 20s and knowing that it will never exist again.

A mesh network on top of IP with an enforcable license agreement that prohibits all commercial use would suffice to get the old net back. Bonus points if no html/css/js is involved but some sane display technology instead.
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