I can’t stand AI overviews in almost all situations. There’s something both untrustworthy about it and also the idea that something is being shoved down my throat, like someone is trying to tell me how to think. Plus it basically spoils any kind of discovery, I don’t need the internet treating me like a caricature of an executive that needs everything to cut to the heart of the matter, I’m mostly browsing the internet for leisure anyway, and even if I’m not I want to see the nuance myself.
Any “summarize with AI” is clearly one of those solution looking for a problem things, AI can do it so it gets added in whether anyone wants it or not.
Folks, as fun as it is to harp on Reddit, much of the web has felt a sharp decline due to the intermediaries either scanning content and presenting it at their shopfront, or in the case of something like YouTube and other creative spaces, outright stealing the voice, look, and other features of the people involved.
There is a problem, but pointing at Reddit and laughing as some kind of schadenfreude at this point means it’s a matter of time before it is pointed at you.
I am not sure there is a good solution for filtering out a synthetic content. AI detectors became basically useless, giving false positives a lot. Even human verification does not help - nobody prevents verified account to start using bots.
Reddit of ten years ago focused on connecting users with the ideal user to communicate with. Modern Reddit focuses on connecting users with the ideal piece of information to read.
I don't know how they managed to make that change, when they were trying to optimize for user interaction, but it's the change they made, so now there's nothing unique about Reddit and a scrape of the information is just as useful.
If someone comes up with a good platform for online forums, there's a lot of potential to take over Reddit's husk.
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There is a problem, but pointing at Reddit and laughing as some kind of schadenfreude at this point means it’s a matter of time before it is pointed at you.
I don't know how they managed to make that change, when they were trying to optimize for user interaction, but it's the change they made, so now there's nothing unique about Reddit and a scrape of the information is just as useful.
If someone comes up with a good platform for online forums, there's a lot of potential to take over Reddit's husk.