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[–] gila@lemm.ee 33 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

https://archive.is/96Woj

The company made “more than a dozen technical improvements” to AI Overviews ...

... making the feature rely less heavily on user-generated content from sites like Reddit

So it prefers the results that Google normally deprioritizes? I guess we have that in common

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I almost wonder what Huffman is thinking right now - he could have been so very close to becoming a billionaire, managing the repository of human general technical knowledge explained simply, but he blew it by being a greedy piggy...

Not that he will ever admit that, even to himself.

[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don’t think Spaz is thinking at all. That was how Reddit imploded.

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

His decision tree is like: I say yes, content creators say no, admin rights say yes tho, market ends up saying no tho, the end.

It seems like I've heard this story before somewhere lately...

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[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I say yes
You say no
You say stop
And I say go, go, go….

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So many songs about rape... tbf I don't get that vibe from that Beatles song that seems more about just opposite phrases:-), but in general, we have it far too much in our culture.

[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 2 points 5 months ago

Messages simply cannot be removed from their context and retain their meaning. According to Paul McCartney, as you say, this is simply a song about opposites.