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minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·1 day agoI don’t see why Google would renew. The current content is AI slop.
minus-squareone_old_coder@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 hours agoOr… why would they renew since they downloaded all the old “useful” content? (and the new content is useless) It’s like downloading a torrent, you may seed a bit, but you would never download it over and over again.
minus-squareNιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·20 hours agoHave you seen Google’s output lately? Their bar is pretty low, I’d say.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoThe only thing I use Google’s AI for is to get text out of images. Which I’ll give it credit for it does very well even with extremely blurry content
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours agoThat was more or less the original comment back when they started. Bots were a thing on Reddit before of course but they really started getting out in hand around 2021 which was long before the deal.
I don’t see why Google would renew. The current content is AI slop.
Or… why would they renew since they downloaded all the old “useful” content? (and the new content is useless)
It’s like downloading a torrent, you may seed a bit, but you would never download it over and over again.
Have you seen Google’s output lately? Their bar is pretty low, I’d say.
The only thing I use Google’s AI for is to get text out of images. Which I’ll give it credit for it does very well even with extremely blurry content
That was more or less the original comment back when they started. Bots were a thing on Reddit before of course but they really started getting out in hand around 2021 which was long before the deal.