• rumschlumpel@feddit.org
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    28 days ago

    I assume most normies use Instagram, Tiktok etc. as apps nowadays. Which are also chock full of advertising/sponsored content, but in a somewhat less aggravating way. I assume that’s also part of why LLMs are so popular - web without adblockers is complete shit and search results are seriously deteriorating, so instead they turn to a more concise version of algorithmic slop.

    I wonder where people will go when LLMs services aren’t free anymore (that shit is seriously expensive to run) and the regular internet is filled to the brim with ads and AI slop. Are they just going to pay up for an LLM subscriptions?

    • kehet@sopuli.xyz
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      28 days ago

      I don’t think LLMs will become completely paid, but instead they will be filled with product placement and ads.

      You’re absolutely right! Have you considered how refreshing a Nuka-Cola product would taste while copy-pasting this writing assignment? Here are directions to the nearest Nuka-Cola vending machine.

      Or perhaps a little more subtly, when talking about soft drinks, LLM mentions Nuka-Cola (and how refreshing it is) as an example, rather than competing brands.

      Or you ask image generators for a picture of a cartoon cat and it just happens to be holding a bottle of Nuka-Cola. Or maybe there are a few recognizable bottles of Nuka-Cola on the table in the kitchen in the background.

      • Deme@sopuli.xyz
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        28 days ago

        I suspect that selling information about their users will also be a major source of revenue. They could be doing constant psychoanalysis and profiling based on the conversations and honestly it sounds like the holy grail for data brokers.

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    28 days ago

    Hardly use my phone for internet, but when I’m away from my PiHole, “WTF is this bullshit?!”

    No one talks about it, but internet advertising is a bubble ready to pop. How is a consumer to chose your product, or even begin looking into it, when the they’re overwhelmed by an avalanche of ads? The numbers are in and 73% of ad views are fucking bots.

    Don’t know the available alternatives, but soon companies are going to figure their online marketing budget is a total waste.

    Reminds me of pinning my buddy down, “How much money is this satellite install business actually making after costs?”

    <after some back of the napkin math>

    “Fuck this shit. Let’s move to Florida.”