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I see this as a part of the trend towards a bleak future of auto generated low quality generic content flooding the web. It already feels like it has been going

I see this as a part of the trend towards a bleak future of auto generated low quality generic content flooding the web. It already feels like it has been going on for a long time even though it has not been fully AI-driven before. This is a natural evolution of the direction things are going towards. I believe that non-algorithmic curation and aggregation will become even more important services that people will be willing to pay for.

gitgud 6y ago
I disagree with this perspective as it implies gate-keeping. Making websites easier to create is a good thing. If a tool like this gets more content onto the web then that's a good thing IMHO. Besides, search engines already deal with a deluge of duplicated and low-quality websites...
- dormento 6y ago
  Not all content is equal. "More content" does not imply good, useful or even correct. Pandora's Box has open for a long time, but automation tools now are more convenient and accessible than ever. I shudder to think at the ammount of drivel that will keep flooding the internet. I concede it will be "fun" (for lack of a better word) to see the eventual search algorithm changes necessary to keep the web useful for research. That, or a massive curation effort. The sad thing is, for such a massive body of knowledge, the curation effort itself will have to employ automated tools, and the algorithms for these tools can eventually be cheated to allow for low-effort content as well.
holstvoogd 6y ago
Yeah, even human written content is often mostly written for bots and AI atm. Endless pages of drivel to please the SEO ‘experts’ :(
dvfjsdhgfv 6y ago
Yeah, I feel we should go in exactly the opposite direction.
keiferski 6y ago
Ironically we may find ourselves back at the curation search engine model, a la the original Yahoo.
deltron3030 6y ago
>It already feels like it has been going on for a long time even though it has not been fully AI-driven before. That's because seo tools have already turned content creators into robots.
crownvic 6y ago
Interesting product, but the examples are weak. I expect AI to personalize landing pages for every visitor in the future. Still, right now, I don't trust it enough to touch my bottom line.

gitgud 6y ago

I disagree with this perspective as it implies gate-keeping. Making websites easier to create is a good thing. If a tool like this gets more content onto the web then that's a good thing IMHO. Besides, search engines already deal with a deluge of duplicated and low-quality websites...

dormento 6y ago
Not all content is equal. "More content" does not imply good, useful or even correct. Pandora's Box has open for a long time, but automation tools now are more convenient and accessible than ever. I shudder to think at the ammount of drivel that will keep flooding the internet. I concede it will be "fun" (for lack of a better word) to see the eventual search algorithm changes necessary to keep the web useful for research. That, or a massive curation effort. The sad thing is, for such a massive body of knowledge, the curation effort itself will have to employ automated tools, and the algorithms for these tools can eventually be cheated to allow for low-effort content as well.

holstvoogd 6y ago

Yeah, even human written content is often mostly written for bots and AI atm. Endless pages of drivel to please the SEO ‘experts’ :(

dvfjsdhgfv 6y ago

Yeah, I feel we should go in exactly the opposite direction.

keiferski 6y ago

Ironically we may find ourselves back at the curation search engine model, a la the original Yahoo.

deltron3030 6y ago

>It already feels like it has been going on for a long time even though it has not been fully AI-driven before. That's because seo tools have already turned content creators into robots.

crownvic 6y ago

Interesting product, but the examples are weak. I expect AI to personalize landing pages for every visitor in the future. Still, right now, I don't trust it enough to touch my bottom line.