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Google is indirectly encouraging marketers to promote structured data / schema that specifically spells out these details. In the near future I predict an AI l
by hayksaakian 4y ago
Google is indirectly encouraging marketers to promote structured data / schema that specifically spells out these details.
In the near future I predict an AI like GPT 3 could interpret unstructured screenshots of websites to answer queries like "what hours are they open"
- astrange 4y agoThis is the sort of task where you start out saying “let’s use AI to do it” and then instead hire hundreds of contractors in Bangladesh. That’s how a lot of other maps features get there.
- cpeterso 4y agoOr use Google’s Duplex AI to call businesses and, pretending to be human, just ask for their hours. Though Google canned Duplex just a couple weeks ago: https://www.engadget.com/google-duplex-on-the-web-shutdown-announced-225937564.html https://www.engadget.com/google-duplex-on-the-web-shutdown-a...
- yjftsjthsd-h 4y agoSure, it probably will hapgen and work, but it feels so wasteful to use AI when we could have just[0] had everyone post the information in machine readable format to start with. [0] I'm aware that "just" having everyone converge on even a handful of standard formats is, in the real world, a high bar. I do think we could do it - yes, probably by Google applying pressure - but adoption remains Hard.