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AI spam is already starting to ruin the internet (www.businessinsider.com)
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AI spam is already starting to ruin the internet::We're starting to see one prediction come true of how artificial intelligence will affect the internet: AI-generated spam is flooding the web.

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[–] evatronic@lemm.ee 78 points 9 months ago (4 children)

That used to be Google, when they were interested in providing quality results and showing ads alongside those results, instead of just.. being an ad company.

Before that, it was Yahoo, when they were interested in providing quality results, and showing ads, instead of just being an ad company.

Before that, it was AltaVista, when they were...

...Ask Jeeves...

We'll see who's next.

[–] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Don't forget Lycos!

[–] I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

And HotBot.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

And WebCrawler!

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

And MetaCrawler!

[–] podperson@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Mid late nineties, WC was my favorite. Felt like it had the best results.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

Same here.

[–] prex@aussie.zone 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I've been hearing Kagi is very good but i don't know if I'm ready to start paying for a search engine. Given the direction things are headed through, it could be worth considering

[–] UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I can say that kagi is really good, yes. I don't know if google search was actually ever this good on its own, but I'm finding it a real breath of fresh air

[–] GreatAlbatross 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It's a lot better value for families, too. Much like spotify. I wouldn't pay £8/m for myself, but I would pay £16 for 6 people.

[–] UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago

I've been looking at those plans, yeah... Currently on the lowest tier for myself, and it is pricey but personally worth it, and I want to support the project

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 1 points 9 months ago

You can even share the same account with your family because your queries are not logged and won't show up in another computer

[–] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Time to bring back web rings lmao

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 3 points 9 months ago

web rings

We've come, uh, full circle indeed

[–] HackyHorse3000@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Kagi basically did with Smallweb

[–] Jaybob32@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

I've switched to perplexity.ai. yes it's AI, but it gives me the answer I was looking for in a short snippet of information. I can then go scour the sources if I want too. It's completely replaced Google for me.