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
Time to bring back web rings lmao
Kagi basically did with Smallweb
Yes, but the sheer volume of trash these AIs can generate will be an even bigger problem that needs addressing.
Ugh i used stable diffusion for a few weeks and even with better prompt engineering it still felt like generative trash. Guess i wasn’t creative enough in prompting because I’ve seen some great stuff from others.
“The river was already flooded with human generated pollution, adding truckloads of nuclear waste to the mix hasn’t really changed anything meaningful - you still can’t go swimming or eat the fish in the majority of waterways.”