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Re:Junk websites filled w AI-generated text pulling in money... by wpietri on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @11:57PM (#36516140)
If you would like to contend that the people at Google couldn't pay their bills if they had kept search more effective, I would like to see some serious numbers there.

Absent that, it sounds like the sort of excuse greedy people have always used to justify profitable harm.

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Re:Junk websites filled w AI-generated text pulling in money... by hattmall on Thursday June 29, 2023 @01:08AM (#36516538)
Can't pay your bills without a job... They are constantly A/B testing things and running competitive teams. If profitability is the goal and you aren't the most profitable you can be on the table for the next round of layoffs.
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Re:Junk websites filled w AI-generated text pulling in money... by 111111IIIIIII on Thursday June 29, 2023 @01:43AM (#36516775)
People without a job can't pay their bills. I think it's pretty straightforward.
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