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Who makes money when AI reads the internet for us? (www.engadget.com)

submitted 9 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] themurphy@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Who makes money when everyone just uses a search engine for answers?

Is this post sponsored by Google or what?

[–] kalleboo@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It used to be you'd search for something, click on the results and load the ads on the page with the info.

Then google started adding their snippets with direct answers, and yes, there has been an uproar from content sites about that. But some fraction of people still click through for more context.

With LLMs, all that traffic is 100% gone.

[–] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Eh, I might ask the LLM about something, but I always open it sources to verify it summaries. You still can't trust them fully.

[–] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's just kicking the can down the road. They'll be exactly as trustworthy as your own brain at summarizing articles soon. What then?

[–] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

I still want to know the source of what I'm being told. There are plenty of brains out there smarter than mine, I'll still ask for sources.

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There is a reason why RAG and fine-tuning are big topics in the field. General foundation models are good for general low risk info, but if people really care its generally not enough.

[–] themurphy@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, most people don't care. That's why most get their news from Facebook or TikTok, and only read headlines.

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

I mean I don't care for most things, we don't all need to experts on the topic of the week imho

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I just learned about the iPhone App, and this article made me want to check it out. I love it and will start using it

Whoever decided to market by Streisand Effect was genius /s