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> Just look at this shitshow.

> https://imgur.com/a/lAd3UHn

I don't follow NFL viewership numbers but searching and reading the results seems to indicate some support for that trend.

What's wrong with it?



Scroll down. There's more.

The LLM responded in the affirmative to all queries, even when they seem to contradict each other.

> NFL viewership went down? Yes!

> NFL viewership went up? Yes!

> Home prices are going down? Yes!

> Home prices are going up? Yes!

Google is confirming people's biases on an industrial scale. Surely this is not going to do any damage...


Isn't traditional search going to have the same issue? If you search about how chocolate is good for you, you'll turn up plenty of sites willing to confirm your beliefs, AI summary or not.


Then where's the intelligence in it which a huge chunk of biomass wants to rely upon?


I have so many conflicting emotions/impulses.

1) don’t believe everything you read on the internet

2) it looks like real search results

3) it’s a bunch of crappy smartphone shots of screens

4) but why would someone work so hard to make these fake images

5) but AI image generation

6) but they don’t look AI-generated

7) but maybe it’s gotten better

I can go on and on and on

My ultimate feeling is “this looks legit.” But man. The internet just isn’t fun anymore. It’s so much work.




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