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A theory I have (sh.itjust.works)
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I thought of this recently (anti llm content within)

The reason a lot of companies/people are obsessed with llms and the like, is that it can solve some of their problems (so they think). The thing I noticed, is a LOT of the things they try to force the LLM to fix, could be solved with relatively simple programming.

Things like better searches (seo destroyed this by design, and kagi is about the only usable search engine with easy access), organization (use a database), document management, etc.

People dont fully understand how it all works, so they try to shoehorn the llm to do the work for them (poorly), while learning nothing of value.

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[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 2 points 1 week ago

If their premise is true - that SEO, advertising, and promoted content is resulting in the poor solutions - then trying to solve the problems with LLM is only a temporary fix, until the LLM companies start modifying the results with SEO, advertising, and promoted content.

It only seems like better results now because LLMs haven't yet cranked up the "commercialize the users" dial yet. They're waiting until they're entrenched before enshittifying it.