Post AcsPykklMRp79X7Ztg by clive@saturation.social
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(DIR) Post #Acr7x2j9ZQY9zCRYC8 by clive@saturation.social
2023-12-16T04:30:28Z
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It's wild looking at all sites you can pay to flood the internet with grey-goo AI-authored articles for SEOI just hit upon Findable, which says you can "use our no-code product suite to deploy a tonne of pages as quickly as possible": https://www.findable.au/Deploy a *ton* of pages! Here's their blog post detailing some of terms they recommend autogenerating stories on: https://www.findable.au/blog/head-terms-for-pseoNone of this is new, but always fascinating to see how *straightforward* they are
(DIR) Post #AcrB4nLQwiUUSOjjXs by jon@henshaw.social
2023-12-16T05:05:33Z
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@clive AI content is the new content spinning, and there’s a 99% chance Google can detect it and will burn it down in the future.
(DIR) Post #AcrENV9Z6aMTOynT8a by clive@saturation.social
2023-12-16T05:42:34Z
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@jon I hope so!
(DIR) Post #AcrETAbiPKR9PvfPFI by stfn@fosstodon.org
2023-12-16T05:19:42Z
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@jon @clive I'm not that optimistic. Why would google burn it down when they can profit from it? I think AI generated content is one of the biggest threats of today's internet, and it will be harder and harder to find good, human made content in the ocean of goo.
(DIR) Post #AcrETBTFCJFs5wi9gG by clive@saturation.social
2023-12-16T05:42:56Z
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@jon @stfn This is my fear too
(DIR) Post #AcrEZd2Tc1W5KlGQUa by Lobrien@hachyderm.io
2023-12-16T05:44:38Z
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@clive Boosted, but reprehensible. Existing search ranking is being overwhelmed, degrading notably week-by-week.
(DIR) Post #AcrFLCCigcxE0VjkNk by stfn@fosstodon.org
2023-12-16T05:53:21Z
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@clive @jon On way that I see to fight back is to go back from search engines to other, simple means of finding new webpages, such as rings and human-curated aggregators. As in the old days.
(DIR) Post #AcrIrKGuWi1y9pi3W4 by ThePiper@bytetower.social
2023-12-16T06:32:44Z
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@clive tinne is a a metric measure.1 tonne = 1000 kg or 2200 lbs
(DIR) Post #AcrJzPJHmIea3REnxI by KanaMauna@sauropods.win
2023-12-16T06:45:25Z
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@clive Trying to grab some cash before they destroy their marketplace by completely flooding the zone. Awesome.
(DIR) Post #AcrKoXuRZ7w1Uf0Eym by elStiko@dice.camp
2023-12-16T06:54:41Z
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@clive aaaaaaaaaaaaAaaaaAaAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
(DIR) Post #AcrbyhQajH1r8CT1UW by MHowell@mas.to
2023-12-16T10:07:00Z
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@clive Almost every day, my local newspaper runs one or more articles that would meet one of these descriptions.
(DIR) Post #Acrzlq4veY2R60jduy by flowerswj@mastodon.social
2023-12-16T14:33:02Z
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@cliveThis is hilarious, aimed at shot-callers who’d bemoaned the downfall of BlackBerry, call tech support because their “screen saver” (desktop background photo of their two kids at the lake house) “isn’t working since the Windows upgrade”, & use every default iPhone setting.• “No-code products”• Best restaurants in {City}• Unique dishes in {City}[*]• Best {Credit Card Type}• Top 10 investment optionsThe page reads like an in-flight magazine.[*]”Unique data” lmao
(DIR) Post #Acs1oQO5pMVoC63lMe by MylesRyden@social.vivaldi.net
2023-12-16T14:56:21Z
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@clive How much does an individual internet page weigh?And shouldn't their copy say a "shit-ton" of pages?
(DIR) Post #Acs3rBUtqSdYn2gfZo by tofugolem@mastodon.social
2023-12-16T15:19:18Z
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@clive Rebecca Watson's predicted “firehose of misinformation” is polluting the public discourse pretty much as predicted.You know how everyone has been nagging you to check your sources on the Internet?Now is the time to be even more vigilant about that.
(DIR) Post #Acs3ymN39JDZB5dYES by JDGooiker@waag.social
2023-12-16T15:19:46Z
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@clive pure #enshittification
(DIR) Post #Acs6IoSpHBt7Mz1G1w by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-12-16T15:47:34Z
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@clive A couple of weeks ago, I went to all my favorite online recipes and saved a copy of the page to my computer. I’m extremely worried about the future of any site that relies on search traffic.
(DIR) Post #AcsNi6ioEIzOSJ8tDE by blondino@c.im
2023-12-16T19:02:36Z
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@grammargirl @clive when I find a good recipe I print it out and store it in a folder.
(DIR) Post #AcsPOOvT2N6B20nIeG by clive@saturation.social
2023-12-16T19:20:32Z
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@grammargirl Yeah, good call!
(DIR) Post #AcsPZl2DB4nWmnMcts by clive@saturation.social
2023-12-16T19:20:44Z
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@grammargirl @blondino Smart
(DIR) Post #AcsPjmjbiDUuxDRYG0 by funcrunch@me.dm
2023-12-16T19:23:42Z
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@clive It's really depressing. I had gotten tired of listicles even before AI made them so easy to generate. Almost makes me want to give up writing TBH which is sad.
(DIR) Post #AcsPsabKC5IPvdle9Q by clive@saturation.social
2023-12-16T19:24:16Z
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@MylesRyden That the correct metric unit of measurement indeed
(DIR) Post #AcsPykklMRp79X7Ztg by clive@saturation.social
2023-12-16T19:22:03Z
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@tofugolem Yep yep
(DIR) Post #AcsQ5OpdGMWPBwZHge by clive@saturation.social
2023-12-16T19:24:57Z
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@jon @jherazob It won’t be pretty
(DIR) Post #AcsQBWscFkhJtEt25w by clive@saturation.social
2023-12-16T19:25:09Z
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@MHowell I’m already seeing it so much online
(DIR) Post #AcsQIAWXlpqSa5jDtI by clive@saturation.social
2023-12-16T19:25:22Z
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@elStiko More or less
(DIR) Post #AcsQPqWg0QmYsLS3BQ by clive@saturation.social
2023-12-16T19:25:34Z
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@KanaMauna Precisely
(DIR) Post #AcsQZPLVupCfTRn0c4 by clive@saturation.social
2023-12-16T19:24:42Z
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@flowerswj Lolol
(DIR) Post #AcsYOxSTXu2fieZdwm by kentborg@social.tchncs.de
2023-12-16T21:01:31Z
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@clive Amazing how often the first ten search results are worthless along the lines of "Best 10 specific widget 2023".
(DIR) Post #AcsYwe5g3q3LUsyQwC by artemesia@techhub.social
2023-12-16T21:07:40Z
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@clive what happens to the new MLMs when the only thing out there to train up on is the exhaust of prior MLMs?
(DIR) Post #AcssHb0EdPFv8B8DEu by clive@saturation.social
2023-12-17T00:44:19Z
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@artemesia “Model collapse”, apparently, if some recent research into this is correct
(DIR) Post #AcssOWzjw0MGjACtAO by clive@saturation.social
2023-12-17T00:45:07Z
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@kentborg I know — querying for any product category is just hot, hot garbage
(DIR) Post #AcssVb9SsUOBeA7q8O by clive@saturation.social
2023-12-17T00:46:11Z
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@funcrunch It may make real human writers more valuable in the medium term, if we are lucky Though we are not often lucky
(DIR) Post #AcswB44oXXQP5jPlNA by funcrunch@me.dm
2023-12-17T01:27:57Z
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@clive Yeah, luck and other unearned advantages are always factors.
(DIR) Post #ActbSebS5KjJQ5BcUi by allafarce@hachyderm.io
2023-12-17T09:10:34Z
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@clive A friend of mine who works on, well, internet stuff once said to me, "people don't realize that 99% of the web is spam"
(DIR) Post #Acu1OldwZ7V6u89w7k by clive@saturation.social
2023-12-17T14:01:12Z
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@allafarce YeahIt’s like dark matter
(DIR) Post #AcuHmjMsH7P242cjiq by dxzdb@mastodon.social
2023-12-17T17:05:33Z
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@grammargirl @clive are search engines like @duckduckgo threatened?
(DIR) Post #Acua0j83l5yiYIWAOe by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-12-17T20:29:52Z
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@dxzdb @clive @duckduckgo There are a few problems:1. As people start using chatbots to search instead of using Google, Duck Duck Go, etc., sites will get less traffic, which will make some sitesGo under because of lost ad revenue.2. A flood of AI content optimize for search engine placement could push lots of good, real content out of the top results on sites like Google and DDG. This again means good sites will lose traffic/revenue, and that search results will be less reliable.
(DIR) Post #AcuaF9h3mzAszjlk4O by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-12-17T20:32:29Z
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@dxzdb @clive @duckduckgo 3. If the web is filled will too many incorrect AI-generated articles, it's possible AI tools will start training on this publicly available, bad data, which will lead it to put out more and more bad results, which will cause a downward spiral in accuracy and quality. {I believe the people who make these tool are aware of that problem and trying to come up with solutions.)
(DIR) Post #Acw2lGBeArRUH68IJU by dxzdb@mastodon.social
2023-12-18T13:26:44Z
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@grammargirl @clive @duckduckgo Thanks for the explanations. I think someone was also talking about this happening with books. It’s interesting relative to recipes - that we will always be able to do a taste test.