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

Re:Google has sent internet into 'spiral of decline', claims... by dageshi on Sunday October 15, 2023 @04:54AM (#37888134)

Yes, I think the clickbait sites are done long term, people will just ask the AI on their phone.

The people who were capable of writing those large detailed posts on subjects have most likely already moved to youtube or moved on.

The data that's actually useful to the LLM's will exist in places like Discord, reddit, twitter. It's pretty obvious that twitter and reddit are going to sell their data to the LLM companies for a lot of money.

Which leaves Discord, I would be very suspicious of anyone trying to buy Discord...

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Re:Google has sent internet into 'spiral of decline', claims... by panta on Sunday October 15, 2023 @05:03AM (#37888179)

Advertisers will simply begin to pay more money to inject their content on those platforms, to have it end up inside LLM models. It could be even worse, because it will be less obvious that the content we'll be consuming through LLMs is polarized/paid for. There will be less transparency.

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Re:Google has sent internet into 'spiral of decline', claims... by TheOtherHobbes on Sunday October 15, 2023 @05:13AM (#37888230)

Yes, I think this is where we're going. The entire Internet - what's left of it - will become one giant ad stream, with a few non-ad trimmings around the edges.

It'll be as if Gutenberg filled his books with ads for taverns and merchants and added a bit of a written content somewhere in the middle.

Ultimate hustle culture - submit, grift, or starve.

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Re:Google has sent internet into 'spiral of decline', claims... by mattlondon on Sunday October 15, 2023 @05:12AM (#37888220)

Yeah, although I suspect there will be "hook points" for AI-targeted ads while you enjoy the cool refreshing Coca-Cola taste as 6ou read your LLM responses.

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Re:Google has sent internet into 'spiral of decline', claims... by Jensson on Sunday October 15, 2023 @06:07AM (#37888493)

Or you train to be embedded in the training data. Make it say brand names instead of generic ingredients in recipes "2 spoons of Star Olive Oil from Walmart" etc.

This will generate "organic" advertisement.

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Re:Google has sent internet into 'spiral of decline', claims... by meroes on Sunday October 15, 2023 @10:58AM (#37890296)

It’s like in Google Maps it loves to let me know there is Sponsored Business at the corner I’m passing. AI in smartphones will be gross.

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Re:Google has sent internet into 'spiral of decline', claims... by Roark66 on Sunday October 15, 2023 @05:17AM (#37888248)

I wonder, does reddit have all their servers in the US? Seems like such a large site would have some POPs in the EU. If so, they should fall under the GDPR which let's users ask for a copy of all their data (a-la Google takeout)

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