AI spam is already starting to ruin the internet::We’re starting to see one prediction come true of how artificial intelligence will affect the internet: AI-generated spam is flooding the web.
AI spam is already starting to ruin the internet::We’re starting to see one prediction come true of how artificial intelligence will affect the internet: AI-generated spam is flooding the web.
The web was already flooded with human generated spam, adding AI spam to the mix hasn’t really changed anything meaningful - you still can’t find useful content on the vast majority of webpages.
What we really need is a better search engine, one that doesn’t include low quality content… that might be something AI can help with.
That used to be Google, when they were interested in providing quality results and showing ads alongside those results, instead of just… being an ad company.
Before that, it was Yahoo, when they were interested in providing quality results, and showing ads, instead of just being an ad company.
Before that, it was AltaVista, when they were…
…Ask Jeeves…
We’ll see who’s next.
I’ve been hearing Kagi is very good but i don’t know if I’m ready to start paying for a search engine. Given the direction things are headed through, it could be worth considering
I can say that kagi is really good, yes. I don’t know if google search was actually ever this good on its own, but I’m finding it a real breath of fresh air
It’s a lot better value for families, too. Much like spotify. I wouldn’t pay £8/m for myself, but I would pay £16 for 6 people.
Time to bring back web rings lmao
Kagi basically did with Smallweb
Don’t forget Lycos!
And HotBot.
And WebCrawler!
Mid late nineties, WC was my favorite. Felt like it had the best results.
Same here.
right - time to just focus on some news that have been vetted by some trustworthy organization. or a ministry - that focusses on truth or something.