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m000 ◴[] No.44478629[source]
I mostly agree with TFA, with one glaring exception: The quality of Google search results has regressed so badly in the past years (played by SEO experts), that AI was actually a welcome improvement.
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tossandthrow ◴[] No.44478684[source]
I think it was just Google that got bad.

I use Kagi who returns excellent results, also when I need non AI verbatim queries.

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otabdeveloper4 ◴[] No.44478716[source]
It didn't get bad for no reason. It needs to be bad for ads to continue to be profitable.

Displaying what you searched for immediately is cannibalizing that market.

I'm guessing ads in AI results is the logical next step.

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sillyfluke ◴[] No.44479514[source]
Yes, that's the next logical step. The only silverlining is Google currently has less of a moat than last time in the technology in question, so some upstart could always be on their heels in a Kagi-esque way.
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1. beefnugs ◴[] No.44494636[source]
If ads is the next step then AI could never be used for coding. And if you mean in the browser or chat only... then people will just make a wrapper around the api.