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[-] self@awful.systems 55 points 2 months ago

But don’t worry! Google’s AI summaries will soon have ads!

dear fuck, pasting ads onto the part of Google search that’s already known to be unreliable and annoying at best seems like a terrible idea. for a laugh, let’s see if there’s any justification for this awful shit in the linked citation

Ads have always been an important part of consumers’ information journeys.

oh these people are on the expensive drugs huh

[-] OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml 36 points 2 months ago

It's going to be so much worse than pasting ads if it ever actually works.

Rewriting the search results with LLMs let's you seamlessly mix the adverts into the text people are trying to read... That's why I need to sip a refreshing glass of coke zero(TM) when I'm contemplating the collapse of the internet into pure advertising drivel.

[-] sc_griffith@awful.systems 5 points 2 months ago

if there was ever a reason for going full ted kaczynski and enjoying the crisp taste of coke zero™ that would be it

[-] SomeGuy69@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah, people who want a recipe for anything will get all the paying companies shoehorned in. To a point your result doesn't even match with your question, but at least it recommended you to pour some Brawndo™ into your cake mix.

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