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I wonder if at some point AI will help big tech extort money from businesses or individuals (similar to the mugshot publishing industry). Google or its competi
by devsda 10mo ago
I wonder if at some point AI will help big tech extort money from businesses or individuals (similar to the mugshot publishing industry).
Google or its competitors can theoretically accept(or demand) money for its "Answer engine" to refuse answering certain questions that affect local businesses e.g. paid services (like plumbing services in the article) vs diy instructions based on the location of user.
Of course that assumes people will use only AI for discovery but I suspect that future is not impossible or too far.
- iLoveOncall 10mo agoThere's no need for AI for that, Google could always ban your website from showing up in search results.
- recursivecaveat 10mo agoI think just ranking options is more powerful because you don't jeopardize your position as gatekeeper by annoying the user too much. For eg google has convinced every major brand that they must be the highest bidder on the search results for their own trademark. Nike will never let Adidas have the top slot on their search page or vice versa, so they both pay google through the nose. With AI you can embed the ads into the response in a way that is not possible for people with blockers to untangle.