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minus-squareslate@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 months agoAnd now, lots of web searches return results of AI SEO slop chock full of incorrect information, which then fules subsequent training sets and LLM web searches and creates a negative feedback loop that could destroy the internet.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoThe AI SEO slop is already destroying the internet, although that negative feedback loop is certainly accelerating it.
minus-squareRamblingman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoApparently gpt-5 is much worse, or so the subreddit dedicated to it says. I wonder if that loop has already started?
And now, lots of web searches return results of AI SEO slop chock full of incorrect information, which then fules subsequent training sets and LLM web searches and creates a negative feedback loop that could destroy the internet.
The AI SEO slop is already destroying the internet, although that negative feedback loop is certainly accelerating it.
Apparently gpt-5 is much worse, or so the subreddit dedicated to it says. I wonder if that loop has already started?