Because of the humans -- the content consumers, like me and you. There were a number of websites which relied on humans (like old yahoo catalog and opendmoz).

Because of the humans -- the content consumers, like me and you. There were a number of websites which relied on humans (like old yahoo catalog and opendmoz). They still exist (I think), but humans did not choose them. There is a whole bunch of other search engines other than Google, and I am sure some of them give way more control to creators. Humans did not choose them either -- likely because other humans filled them with spam and SEO. It is all about humans -- they are the real decisive force because they get to choose if AI lives or dies. (That said, as a part of this "decisive force", I feel modern Google products have way too many ads, and that current developments are against my interest. I guess this does show that as long as your software is great, you can charge great price, in $$$ or in attention to ads)