I think that if the algorithm is so broken to the point of only listing things that are interesting to Google, the search is beyond redemption.

Crawling the web is an important right for access of information. I think big crawlers shouldn’t dominate the market. Especially since Google isn’t up to par to find anything that is wanted anymore.

You see this on GitHub already. People publish paper results and manuals, along with a few files, and treat that as if it were open source. And this isn’t limited to LLMs, people with CNN papers or crawlers and other results publish a few files and the results on GitHub as if it were open source. I think this is a clash between current scientific community thinking + Big Tech vs Free Software + Free Culture initiatives.

Additionally, you can’t expect something Microsoft/Meta touches to remain untainted for long.

I can ask AI things and then check if it is correct somewhere else. It’s very good at guiding you towards knowing things. Sometimes it will avoid giving information, but it is always useful at answering things. It’s like someone you can bother without having to resort to forums or other boards. It advanced my knowledge a lot. I already read a lot, but you can’t ask a book to clarify things.

I learn a lot using AI. In a way I wouldn’t be able to learn on my own.

I completely get that someone used to monopolies can’t understand Mastodon. I don’t think it has anything to do with understanding technology, though.