Bluesky threads are already full of people laughing at this "pivot to video" moment. I'm pretty sure they didn't even bother to read the article. It's a typical social media site. Everybody is like-insane. Minutes - even seconds - count. Post first - read later if at all.

I think this is awful. Aggressive plagiarism by Google could ~~(will?)~~ make it a big success.

Google calls its AI answers “overviews” but they often just paraphrase directly from websites.

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Jake Boly, a strength coach based in Austin, has spent three years building up his website of workout shoe reviews. But last year, his traffic from Google dropped 96 percent. Google still seems to find value in his work, citing his page on AI-generated answers about shoes. The problem is, people read Google’s summary and don’t visit his site anymore, Boly said.

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To be clear - my main point is that I think Google is going to plagiarize as much as they want to try to get the shit to work. They won't be stopped by congress and they won't be stopped by the courts. Will plagiarizing work well enough to generate aiShittyText that Joe Schmo who shops at Walmart, isn't tech savvy will happily consume? It might be a ginormous flop. But my gut says Google's plan might work.

Rant: Holy mother of fuck. I haven't had pointed online convo outside of Hexbear in a very long time. I totally forgot how annoying the net can be. Reddit is bad enough but Bluesky can be like trying yell an argument through a keyhole due to the 300 character limit.