it’s seo games all over again
and the former kings of tuning the algorithms to favor seo that bubbled useful info up harder have thrown it all out in the name of impressing everyone with how space age and sci fi their tech is. it’s not about advancing science or even pushing a useful product. it’s strictly a tool for scams. is it a surprise that scammers are gaming the google scam better than anyone else? not really. they’ve always had a step up compared to the average internet denizen thanks to practice. this is why i get so frustrated when people dismiss ai skepticism as being a product of luddites.
- you’re getting scammed to think ai will benefit you
- systems built by scammers will always benefit scammers
- the luddites were right. scientific advancements should benefit the workers, not the rich
I mean, this isn’t specifically an AI issue, this is scammers updating the info in Google business listings because the airlines don’t actually care to maintain those pages (and Google doesn’t want actual humans doing any work to make sure their shit is accurate). This has been going on before AI, AI is just following the garbage in, garbage out model that everyone said was going to be the result of this push.
Your historical information is accurate, but I disagree with your framing. This particular scam is so powerful because the information is organized, parsed, and delivered in a fashion that makes it look professional and makes it look believable.
Google and the other AI companies have put themselves in mind. They know that their system is encouraging this type of scam, but they don’t dare put giant disclaimers at the top of every AI generated paragraph, because they’re trying to pretend that their s*** is good, except when it’s not, and then it’s not their fault. In other words, it’s basic dishonesty.
And Gem’ni was his nam-i…g-e-m-n-i
(I know it is Gemini, but we need 2 syllables and 5 letters to fit the song parady, so I made a contraction)
