Lee Duna to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoGoogle search might be getting worse - and AI threatens to ruin it entirelywww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1154arrow-down110
arrow-up1144arrow-down1external-linkGoogle search might be getting worse - and AI threatens to ruin it entirelywww.techradar.comLee Duna to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squaremagic_lobster_party@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoFOSS won’t change this matter unless it somehow can filter out all the low quality AI-generated articles better than Google’s filters.
minus-squareParetoOptimalDev@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoDon’t allow sites in the index by default, use an allowlist.
minus-squaremagic_lobster_party@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoIs this allowlist supposed to work on article by article basis? Because that’s what has to be done for publishing platforms like medium.
minus-squareParetoOptimalDev@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoBy default I was thinking site. But for sites with huge variances in page quality you’d need it by page/article as you say.
minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoComes down to editorial quality maybe; what sites do you trust? Jimmy Wales has a social media project with “whom to trust” built into the algorithm. I’m not sure if it is an idea with legs, but I like where his head is at
FOSS won’t change this matter unless it somehow can filter out all the low quality AI-generated articles better than Google’s filters.
Don’t allow sites in the index by default, use an allowlist.
Is this allowlist supposed to work on article by article basis? Because that’s what has to be done for publishing platforms like medium.
By default I was thinking site. But for sites with huge variances in page quality you’d need it by page/article as you say.
Comes down to editorial quality maybe; what sites do you trust?
Jimmy Wales has a social media project with “whom to trust” built into the algorithm. I’m not sure if it is an idea with legs, but I like where his head is at