> Google’s zero-click effect may soon create a CliffNotes version of the web, This has already happened. I have given up the idea that Google will ever return

> Google’s zero-click effect may soon create a CliffNotes version of the web, This has already happened. I have given up the idea that Google will ever return a dense, high quality information source for more advanced queries. Instead, it will return twelve nearly identical articles, each with 15 ads and 30 paragraphs of factually sparse AI generated smoke, and no primary sources... > and any efforts to stop this from happening would probably involve turning away from generative AI altogether. This is doubtful. The problem with the AI articles is that they use really cheap AI and have no sources. There are now RAG pipelines that do much much better. And many primary sources are much better than anything an AI will generate. I have an effort in mind that uses AI to find suitable primary sources on the library Genesis. There are huge tracts of knowledge, like math, which the surface Internet does not touch, but where the library Genesis will really remain relevant for decades to come. Once AI has 100% accurate of all the facts in the library Genesis, I believe that becomes an unbeatable platform for restarting genuine knowledge production in the early to mid 21st century.