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Google is no longer asking — feed the AI or you’re not in search results (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 4 months ago by homesweethomeMrL to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

Can someone explain why the fuck Google is pushing this so hard? Generative AI is not a general intelligence, and useless for concrete facts. Google has already demonstrated how shitty it is for information, and the people with the knowledge to work on the project have to know this.

So why the fuck are they all full steam ahead on something that will always be useless for them?

[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 months ago

Because the engineers aren't in charge anymore

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

AI is hype.
They've recently signed a deal with Reddit for AI parsable data. Reddit reciprocated by allowing Google to be the only indexable search engine.
Google now thinks it can do the same to literally everyone else.
Googling is pretty damn mainstream.
Don't give Google your data, then don't be included in googles search results. It's like a flip of their previous trade with reddit, except it's not a trade. It's extortion.

Reddit never gave Google traffic. They gave them content and data.
And Google thinks it can withdraw traffic from other sites unless they get data in return.
Google is a monopoly.
Literally extortion

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Their line goes up when they show they're investing in AI, and it goes down when it looks like they're falling behind or not investing enough in it.

TBH, a lot of times I find myself interacting with ChatGPT instead of searching. It's overhyped, but it's useful.

[–] homesweethomeMrL 2 points 4 months ago

Magic beans.