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Google scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in search (www.theverge.com)

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[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It is finally begun construction!

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[-] Bobmighty@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

I once had a Christmas day post blow up and become top of the day from a stupid pic I uploaded. I wonder if some of those comments or a weird version of that pic will pop up. Anyone that had similar things happen should keep their eye out. Anything that blew up probably gets a bit more weight.

Oh God, cumbox! All of cumbox is in there. I wonder what kind of unrelated search could summon up that bit of fuzzy fun?

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[-] wildcardology@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Here's an idea google, why not set it back like it was 10-15 years ago

[-] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 7 months ago

They way the internet works now has kind of fucked up their model. Google is scared

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[-] Deebster@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago

[...] a lot of AI companies are “selling dreams” that this tech will go from 80 percent correct to 100 percent.

In fact, Marcus thinks that last 20 percent might be the hardest thing of all.

Yeah, it's well known, e.g. people say "the last 20% takes 80% of the effort". All the most tedious and difficult stuff gets postponed to the end, which is why so many side projects never get completed.

[-] scrion@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

It's not just the difficult stuff, but often the mundane, e. g. stability, user friendliness, polish, scalability etc. that takes something from working in a constrained environment to an actual product - it's a chore to work on and a lot less "sexy", with never enough resources allocated to it: We have done all the difficult stuff already, how much more work can this be?

Turns out, a fucking lot.

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

While I agree with the underlying point, the "Pareto Principle" is "well known" like how "a stitch in time saves nine" is well known. I wish this adage would disappear in scientific circles. It instantly decreases credibility. It's a pet peeve but here's a great example of why: pseudo-scientific grifters.

[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

At this point, it seems like google is just a platform to message a google employee to go google it for you.

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[-] uebquauntbez@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

No matter what I ask Google search, the answer is always 42. Anyone?

[-] the_doktor@lemmy.zip 1 points 7 months ago

Just fucking ban AI. The solution is so simple. AI will NEVER be a good solution for anything and it's just theft of information at its core. Fuck AI and fuck any company that uses the garbage.

[-] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Ai is already hugely useful and will continue to get more useful as the tech evolves. I know that change upsets you but the reality is you were not born at the highpoint of humanity or the endpoint of history.

It's going to make the world better for a lot of people just like the internet did despite the endless assertions that it was a gmick, scam, and mistake from people who were likely your age now when the internet was emerging.

The funniest thing to me is seeing this community which holds people like Aaron Swartz up as a hero demand the exact opposite of everything he believed in and fought for. Information wants to be free - you want to lock every piece in perpetual impenetrable copyright just to halt the development of tech.

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[-] xorollo@leminal.space 1 points 7 months ago

Don't worry, they'll insert it all into captchas and make us label all their data soon.

[-] Wappen@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

"Select the URL that answers the question most appropriately"

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[-] Juice@midwest.social 1 points 7 months ago

Good, remove all the weird reddit answers, leaving only the "14 year old neo-nazi" reddit answers, "cop pretending to be a leftist" reddit answers, and "39 year old pedophile" reddit answers. This should fix the problem and restore google back to its defaults

[-] jas0n@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Countdown until Google shittymorphs me looking for cooking recipes.

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