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Razengan | on: As AI eats the web, the internet’s collective memory is disappearing
Well, just as the "internet" supplanted newspapers, magazines (gosh those classic gaming mags), and broadcast television for many people,

and how the newspapers replaced the town criers before them,

why shouldn't the "internet" be supplanted by a more accessible medium?

Why should I have to suffer through Fandom raping me with screen-obscuring banners and "PLEASE ALLOW ADS" just to make some sense of fucking Warhammer 40K lore (written by unpaid volunteers anyway)? instead of just asking ChatGPT what the fuck Globriznaroks is/are.

Why should we support shady companies by sitting through their ads on YouTube videos for minute topics instead of just asking AI for the shit I want to know about?

Why should we submit to the whims of 3 mods on a subreddit deciding what thousands should get to see (fuck /r/AskScience) and then getting low-effort answers or outright trolling anyway? instead of just asking AI?

Bury me, I am ready.

pjc50 | parent | next
This is better for you as an individual, but worse for society as a whole. As you've noticed, monetization is the weak spot. AI will not escape being ruined by monetization, but it might be harder to notice when it arrives.
Tarq0n | parent | next
Where is the information going to come from though? LLMs aren't primary sources, they consume and regurgitate.
Razengan | root | parent
I guess/hope that's where Yann LeCun and their proposed "world models" etc are going to fill in :)
inigyou | parent
Popular wikis such as Minecraft and Runescape have successfully migrated away from Fandom. Note that Fandom leaves behind the outdated old wiki and refuses to allow deletion because it drives their revenue. After a few years, the Fandom wiki is severely out of date and loses traffic.

What we actually need is a browser that filters out bullshit.