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dpflug

@bestiaexmachina
@pluralistic
Increasingly, it's:

Huh, I wonder about [some thing]. *searches online*

*opens article*

*1/3rd of the way through, realize it's AI-generated garbage*

*try 2-3 more articles with the same results*

WELP, guess I'll never know! *closes browser*

11 Dec 2022 at 2:17 | Wall-to-wall | Open on hachyderm.io
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Sciasm

@dpflug @pluralistic Oh man, so much this! Useless texts just for the sake of SEO are the absolute worst.

11 Dec 2022 at 7:55 | Open on metalhead.club
dpflug

@bestiaexmachina
@pluralistic

ML dreck "blogs" are Internet apocalypse. The death of "just Google it" and the birth of a new era. If the search engines can't find a way to avoid it, curated info banks will rise.

Misinfo is as ancient as language, so we'll adapt. It just takes time.

iorate.github.io/ublacklist/ can help bridge the gap while we reshape.

11 Dec 2022 at 13:54 | Open on hachyderm.io
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