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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Interessante Frage an <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@wbs_legal" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wbs_legal</span></a></span> wäre, ob mangels <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Author</span></a> bei <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KI</span></a>" - generierten Inhalten</em> diese ohne <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Urheberrecht" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Urheberrecht</span></a> sind und daher frei verfügbar sind.</p><ul><li>Wie sähe das denn bzgl. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GEMAvermutung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GEMAvermutung</span></a> aus? Weil wenns keine Authorenschaft gibt, gibt's ja auch kein geistiges Eigentum, oder?</li></ul><p>(Nur bezogen auf die Musik und Liedtexte, da die Hintergrundbilder theoretisch als Derivate eingestuft werden könnten, oder?)</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSQ2GexfGWo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=dSQ2GexfGWo</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Jurabubble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jurabubble</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Rechtsfrage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rechtsfrage</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AIslop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIslop</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CopyrightMafia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CopyrightMafia</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Copywrong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copywrong</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slop</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GEMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GEMA</span></a></p>
Oto Šťáva<p>I'm sorry... actually, no, I'm NOT sorry!</p><p>Any unsolicited presentation of ANYTHING generated using an AI/LLM WILL be met with my very audible "FUCK YOU!" and my immediate attempt to make it so that I don't have to consume it anymore. Applies to text, images, audio, whether it is the main part of the meidum or just embellishing material. FUCK. YOU.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aislop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aislop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>llm</span></a></p>
Bruce Sterling @bruces<p>*Well, time to LLM-update the ol' Mastodon profile pic. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a></p>
Brian Sletten<p>“Please let us keep stealing other people’s work so we can attempt to justify the ridiculous valuations we’ve been given even though we can’t do what we say we can and don’t make any money and there’s no way for our investors to unwind at this point.”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iptheft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iptheft</span></a></p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/ai-industry-horrified-to-face-largest-copyright-class-action-ever-certified/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20</span><span class="invisible">25/08/ai-industry-horrified-to-face-largest-copyright-class-action-ever-certified/</span></a></p>
Wuzzy<p>The English <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> now has a policy criterion that allows them to speedy-delete AI-slop articles.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Speedy_deletion#G15._LLM-generated_pages_without_human_review" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedi</span><span class="invisible">a:Speedy_deletion#G15._LLM-generated_pages_without_human_review</span></a></p><p>I fully support this. 👍 AI slop must not be tolerated, anything else would just lead to the inevitable downfall of Wikipedia.</p><p>To me, Wikipedia is and always was a human-run project, written by humans. AI tools just cannot be trusted to write encyclopedic texts at this point, despite all the advertisements.</p><p><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/QA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QA</span></a></p>
Working Class Games<p>For those extra security leaks. You didn't have anything to hide or fear from evil states anyway right?</p><p><a href="https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/02/protons-lumo-ai-chatbot-not-end-to-end-encrypted-not-open-source/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/02/pro</span><span class="invisible">tons-lumo-ai-chatbot-not-end-to-end-encrypted-not-open-source/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/genAiSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genAiSucks</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/genAISuuuuuucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genAISuuuuuucks</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/aiSlop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aiSlop</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/heyProtonThisIsAStupidDecision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heyProtonThisIsAStupidDecision</span></a></p>
Michael Marek<p>Images and videos (like bouncing bunnies) generated with free or cheap AI tools are swamping the internet and fooling even the savviest scrollers.</p><p>This synthetic content is called AI Slop because it oozes into and potentially suffocates human-made media.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slop</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/08/03/ai-slop-viral-videos-content-scrolling" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2025/08/03/ai-slop-v</span><span class="invisible">iral-videos-content-scrolling</span></a></p>
Tony<p>I just remembered that I gave <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Topaz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Topaz</span></a>' "Photo AI" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lightroom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lightroom</span></a> plugin a go years ago and wasn't impressed, so I thought I'd go to their website and see if it's improved.</p><p>This is a sample pair they're using to show how "good" the product is. Even if you ignore the obviously weird and synthetic look of the "improved" version... what the hell is a CL Camire?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> = <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a>. I am *so* tired of this being pushed on me from every turn.</p>
Markus Feilner<p>Regarding <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/konterfai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>konterfai</span></a>: </p><p>After a quick test, there is only 1 out of 22 tested search engines that provide the right and desired result when searching for konterfai: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/duckduckgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>duckduckgo</span></a>. All the others correct you and you have to go to a second page, and many dont even offer that option, showing "konterfei" results instead. Can be fixed by "" around the word "konterfai" in many cases, but lots of this is due to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enshitification</span></a> and such. Try and add screenshots here! </p><p>(<a href="https://mastodon.social/@mfeilner/114925190391756082" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@mfeilner/1149</span><span class="invisible">25190391756082</span></a>)</p>
Markus Feilner<p>"Für den eGovernment Podcast von Torsten Frenzel habe ich einige Begriffe rund um <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KI</span></a> erklärt, beispielsweise warum mehrere aktuelle Studien u.a. von <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/goldmansachs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>goldmansachs</span></a> vor <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PeakAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeakAI</span></a> warnen, was <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autophagy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autophagy</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enshitification</span></a> und <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/modelcollapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>modelcollapse</span></a> sind und warum wir dem gerade zuschauen. Abermilliarden werden da gerade investiert, Zerstörung des Klimas inbegriffen (aber das war hier gar nicht Thema). Ansonsten ging's ums Zentrum Digitale Souveränität (ZenDiS)...." <br><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/markusfeilner_monatsschau-0824-activity-7235961839652601856-Log9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linkedin.com/posts/markusfeiln</span><span class="invisible">er_monatsschau-0824-activity-7235961839652601856-Log9</span></a></p>
Otto Rask<p>"AI" apologists are now touting fucking blockchains as a solution to making sure artists' rights are respected when training models and generating slop.</p><p>This industry should die already.</p><p>:blobcatnotlikethis: </p><p><a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/Blockchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blockchain</span></a> <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/Copilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copilot</span></a> <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/Midjourney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Midjourney</span></a> <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/Slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slop</span></a></p>
Maximilian Overdraft, Esq.<p>It's not AI slop.<br>It's not my sloppy seconds.<br>But it's still sloppy.</p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a></p>
ɹ uɐp :antifascism:<p>asked google a technical yes or no question with specifics</p><p>the AI / gemini overview confidently answered, wrongly.</p><p>The future sucks. <a href="https://hellions.cloud/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a></p>
ɹ uɐp :antifascism:<p><a href="https://hellions.cloud/tags/agentic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agentic</span></a> <a href="https://hellions.cloud/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://hellions.cloud/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a></p>
Pseudo Nym<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> output is essentially the micro plastic contamination of the info sphere. It's <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a> that undermines the credibility of the factual basis of anything written online.</p><p>People could always be wrong, or deceptive in online writing before, but when human authored, it was a manageable problem of trust and epistemology.</p><p>Now the probable sounding falsehoods seem to be filling the volume. </p><p>I see value in curated, hand crafted, artisanal human writing and art being recognized.</p>
Brian Dear<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Mediagazer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Mediagazer</span></a></span> </p><p>They oughta change the name to AMG: Artificial Music Group, just sayin</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slopification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slopification</span></a></p>
分 Bifurkatus<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@markarayner" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>markarayner</span></a></span> <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a> <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/ai_slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai_slop</span></a> <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/genai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genai</span></a> <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/artificialconfusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artificialconfusion</span></a></p>
Hacker News<p>Don't Fall for AI: Reasons for Writers to Reject Slop</p><p><a href="https://mythcreants.com/blog/dont-fall-for-ai-nine-reasons-for-writers-to-reject-slop/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mythcreants.com/blog/dont-fall</span><span class="invisible">-for-ai-nine-reasons-for-writers-to-reject-slop/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reject</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Creativity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mythcreants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythcreants</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>And yes, whoever uses <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/discord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discord</span></a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/documentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>documentation</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/versioning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>versioning</span></a> instead of a goddam <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/git" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>git</span></a> [doesn't have to be <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@github" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>github</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GitHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GitHub</span></a> or <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gitlab" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gitlab</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GitLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GitLab</span></a> or <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/@Codeberg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Codeberg</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Codeberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Codeberg</span></a> or even <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.gitea.io/@gitea" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gitea</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Gitea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gitea</span></a> - just use any <code>git</code> and write down your documentation in a useable format like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Markdown</span></a> or goddamn ASCII plain text <em>FFS</em>] should be banned for life from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coding</span></a>, working in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> or contribute to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a>. </p><ul><li>Because it's <em>literally worse</em> than people shitting <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ai</span></a>" <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slop</span></a></em> all over the place cuz that can be <em>fixed</em> faster and easier by <em>backrolling said commits</em> and <em>banning the offender</em>! </li></ul><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ehLMlVTRJM&amp;t=992" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=9ehLMlVTRJ</span><span class="invisible">M&amp;t=992</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AIslop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIslop</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a></p>
Niklas Pivic<p>When Google’s slop meets webslop, search stops: <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/15/inhuman-gigapede/#coprophagic-ai" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pluralistic.net/2025/07/15/inh</span><span class="invisible">uman-gigapede/#coprophagic-ai</span></a></p><p>A very good article on awful Google AI search results and how Google have ruined their own reputation by wrecking their workforce, by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span>. A quote:</p><p>'Publishers and advertisers have more concentrated money than readers, but the dominant theory of antitrust since the Reagan administration is something called "consumer welfare," which holds that monopolistic conduct is only to be condemned if it makes consumers worse off. If a company screws its workers or suppliers in order to deliver better products and/or better prices, then "consumer welfare" holds that the government should celebrate and protect the monopolist for improving "efficiency."</p><p>But all that is true only if Google AI Overviews are good. And they are very, very bad.'</p><p>Don't use Google for search.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AISlop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AISlop</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoryDoctorow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoryDoctorow</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a></p>
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