[sgdfhijfgsdfgds]

Exactly this. It's obvious that generative AI content is bad for search and indexing, and I wish more people would learn to extrapolate from the forms of the problem that already exist, that the quality of the generated content is not going to solve the "please, god, find me something a real person actually said about this real thing" problem.

I just don't understand how people can pretend this isn't happening just because they find each new twist of a technology fascinating.

[criddell]

> It's obvious that generative AI content is bad for search and indexing

It's not obvious at all. You see a problem, I see opportunities. The person you responded to mentioned Reddit. Well, the glut of garbage on the internet makes Reddit more valuable.

The "please, god, find me something a real person actually said about this real thing" isn't actually a problem very many people have. Despite all the complaining here, most people are happy with the results they get when they search Google or Bing or Facebook or Reddit.

So like every technology, there are positives and negatives. It isn't clear to me where this all nets out but I'm leaning slightly positive.

And if you don't find this technology fascinating, then I'm not sure what to say.

[Dilettante_]

>Well, the glut of garbage on the internet makes Reddit more valuable.

If given the choice between a dime and a fiver, is the fiver somehow worth more than if I'd offered you the choice between a fiver and a tenner instead?