Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

I’m not a hard core student of this, but here is my observation.
You know how you use Chat GPT to get answers without all the ads? Well, those days are numbered.
The rush to spend trillions on huge energy sucking data centers by the giants is not to make our lives better out of benevolence. It’s for profit.
No surprise there, and I wouldn’t expect them to spend that kind of money as a gift.
It’s all about advertising. Whoever has the audience gets to charge the money.
Right now, Google has a toll booth in front of every business. Imagine someone setting up a toll booth in front of your business, charging everyone who wants to come in and do business with you. If someone searches your name and they click on almost any of the results that Google shows, they get paid by that business. And the price of the toll is mostly set by auction – whoever pays the most, sets the price. That’s how it is now.
The AI race from this viewpoint, it would seem, is about big companies figuring out a way to dethrone Google and get the money they are getting, and Google defending.
Chat GPT is from a company called Open AI (“Open?”) and the largest investor is Microsoft. Chat GPT will start showing sponsored results soon. Companies will have to pay to be in the top results. Google’s Gemini will be the same.
It won’t be about information untainted by advertising anymore.
AI has incredible benefits. But it seems pure search results won’t be one of them for long.
I’m disappointed.
I agree with you, but even friendly customer service people sometimes burn out during the week and slip up. It goes back to your blog a few days ago where the employer shouldn’t use up the employee so there is nothing left of him.