Going from cable to streaming was a net increase in advertising because now the providers can make ads unskippable. (Also the ads are hypertargeted now.)
Going from traditional search to AI will echo that net worsening of ad-related user experience. The net surveillance is also greater because logged-out search will go away.
Maybe there's a general lesson that successive generations/disruptions of technology seem better at first but end up qualitatively worse.
Going from traditional search to AI will echo that net worsening of ad-related user experience. The net surveillance is also greater because logged-out search will go away.
Maybe there's a general lesson that successive generations/disruptions of technology seem better at first but end up qualitatively worse.