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> The Meta AI experience has so far been a spam-filled one. Nowhere is that clearer than on Instagram where the search function, once a place to look up a frien
by kaycebasques 3y ago
> The Meta AI experience has so far been a spam-filled one. Nowhere is that clearer than on Instagram where the search function, once a place to look up a friend’s account, now exists seemingly to usher users into conversation with a chatbot. “Ask Meta AI anything” it now reads in my search bar. Um, no. I just want to look up my dog’s daycare to see if they posted any pictures of her.
I've experienced this and it's perplexing. I was recently looking for things to do in Osaka during my upcoming visit. Probably a high-value query for advertisers: I would definitely be receptive to ads from restaurants, museums, etc. But instead it dumped me to a chatbot that was not capable to funnel me to any ads like that???
- add-sub-mul-div 3y ago> But instead it dumped me to a chatbot that was not capable to funnel me to any ads like that??? Streaming gave us content without ads for a while before introducing a form of advertising worse than what we had with cable, worse because it can be made unskippable. Now they'll try to dupe us the same way with AI, expecting us not to figure out that the endgame is opaque and seamless conversational advertising.
- HeatrayEnjoyer 3y agoAdvertising has to clearly be announced as an ad, however.
- namaria 3y agoRegulations are for companies incapable of releasing features that regulators don't understand.
- HeatrayEnjoyer 2y agoRegulators do understand advertising. That ground is well-tread.
- rchaud 3y ago> Probably a high-value query for advertisers [...] But instead it dumped me to a chatbot that was not capable to funnel me to any ads like that??? I doubt that it's for advertisers. Come earnings time, Meta needs to be able to tell Wall St that their AI search has 100s of millions of users.