AI & the Ensh*tification of the Web

Or you can ask actually existing humans (so far) on local subreddits for suggestions, which then become a searchable database for others. I guess if it becomes difficult to distinguish humans from robots and trust is lost, that’s reducing choice not adding to it. There’s an element of homophily to gathering info from humans, as we look for queues to judge the credibility and relevance of the source and info to us as individuals. I can’t imagine that being replicated anytime soon by ai so you end up with generic mush skewed by advertiser interests for a long time.