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Google search is over (mastodon.social)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by JoBo to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Via @rodhilton@mastodon.social

Right now if you search for "country in Africa that starts with the letter K":

  • DuckDuckGo will link to an alphabetical list of countries in Africa which includes Kenya.

  • Google, as the first hit, links to a ChatGPT transcript where it claims that there are none, and summarizes to say the same.

This is because ChatGPT at some point ingested this popular joke:

"There are no countries in Africa that start with K." "What about Kenya?" "Kenya suck deez nuts?"

Google Search is over.

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[–] Vlhacs@reddthat.com 54 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Chatgpt creating incorrect feedback loops like this is one of my main concerns about AI being used so prevalently. This and original thoughts disappearing because every new content in the web is generated by AI and not by a human.

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

I thought about this recently. It's more likely that people will subscribe to sites that aren't full of AI garbage.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

to be fair the latter thing would actually increase the value of original thought