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‘I miss old Google’: readers tell us how they search the internet in the age of AI (www.theguardian.com)
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Google has put artificial intelligence at the front and center of its search bar. The most-visited site on the internet still shows the same list of links to users, but they have to scroll past a summarized response from an AI chatbot, a feature Google calls AI Overviews. The change to what was once the gateway to the rest of the internet has been profound, and the browsing habits of billions of people are shifting.

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[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Speaking of AI and google, weren’t they supposed to mark content on YouTube that was made by AI?

I subscribe to cooking channels and have started getting slop suggested. Example:

https://youtube.com/@aldobellinii

[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago

14K followers and the oldest video is three weeks ago.

A single chess game posted first, then Ai cooking slop.

What a world.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

there is SO GOD DAMN MUCH AI slop on youtube.. especially in the shorts. Which I fucking hate shorts, Shorts is literally just the same infinite scrolling addiction driven bullshit that Facebook is being sued over, because google thought "We don't have to not be evil anymore, so lets develop our own cocaine.. with blackjack, and hookers!"

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I was listening to a jazz station that was marked as AI, and I have so many questions. Am I listening to an AI’s music is an AI running the playlist I have no idea what is AI about the station but I sure do like zoning out to it.