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by steeleyespan 1148 days ago
It is my honest opinion that ChatGPT outputs more useful and accurate content than the non-native-english-speaker content that dominates Google listings these days. I've read so much complete garbage trying to make a basic search, and that's why everyone uses Reddit and says ChatGPT will replace Google.

Soon all that content will be replaced by GPT output, not my doing, but it's happening.

I don't know the consequences of language models recycling their own content, etc. but it's already here. Probably input will be limited to some authenticated trusted sources if possible.
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axus 1148 days ago
In the grim dark future of Search Engine Optimization, there is only ChatGPT
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gbrindisi 1148 days ago
I love how all this will enable "SEO professionals" and content marketers to destroy SEO.

Literally sawing the very own branch they are sitting on.

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steeleyespan 1148 days ago
Search is already broken (i.e. Google listings)

Hopefully AI can improve ranking systems.

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nomilk 1148 days ago
GPT leap-frogs ranking systems altogether by giving an answer without the user having to pilfer through results.
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steeleyespan 1148 days ago
Yes! However, I assume web-search wont disappear and perhaps AI can handle some sort of filtering (like maybe AI-enhanced Spam filtering?).

Just guessing.

For example, despite unsubscribing from emails daily and constantly junking, I still get a ton of spam. I assume simply telling a model "never show me a marketing e-mail again" probably works pretty well.

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msm_ 1148 days ago
> Soon all that content will be replaced by GPT output, not my doing, but it's happening.

Well, GPT has to learn on something. Right now it's just a language model. It won't get better unless people keep writing these "non-native-english-speaker content".

And maybe we read different things, but I disagree - a lot of my problems were solved by niche non-native-english-speaker bloggers posting about their problems and original research that went into solving them.

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sebzim4500 1148 days ago
Honestly I had been assuming that the SSO spam was already AI generated, just by something much weaker than ChatGPT.
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