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by pietmichal 360 days ago
This was already a problem in a world without LLMs. Reputation is the only human mechanism that mitigates this.
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Technology is a catalyser. It has a knack of turning things from "already a problem" to "now a catastrophe".
"To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer." -Paul Ehrlich
Now LLMs will create your bugs for you!
It's seriously exacerbated by smug LLMs.
I'd say LLMs have helped a lot with this problem actually, by somehow circumventing a lot of the decades of SEO that has now built up. But, I fear it will be short-lived until people figure out LLM optimisation.