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Programmers had a very nice thing called "web search". Then advertising and spam ruined it. From my point of view, ChatGPT is simply an anti-spam algorithm wh
by bsder 3y ago
Programmers had a very nice thing called "web search". Then advertising and spam ruined it.
From my point of view, ChatGPT is simply an anti-spam algorithm which is finally restoring "web search" back to being useful.
The problem is that there is no money in that. So, everybody is trying to apply all the ML/LLM/ChatGPT stuff to absolutely anything in the hopes of making some money.
- samtho 3y ago> From my point of view, ChatGPT is simply an anti-spam algorithm which is finally restoring "web search" back to being useful. For now, I imagine that advertisers are currently trying to find some way to adapt their platforms to have an LLM spit out their product via some paid prompt injection that a publisher can sell them.
- squeaky-clean 3y agoBing's Chatbot already does this. Ask it for recommendations on something likely to have advertisers bidding on it, like the best mattress for a side sleeper, the space heater for (X room size), etc.
- conradfr 3y agoA web search that stopped indexing in September 2021 though.
- kaba0 3y agoAnd is prone to hallucinating up random bullshit..