mattscyoc

"without any knowledge on the topic" refers to the time BEFORE the user uses the tool. During and after the tool the user will certainly have knowledge after reading and curating the questions and answers, right? Just like, before you read about a topic you "have no knowledge" but after, you might say that you have some now.

I think it's possible to separate virtues from this. It's a research tool, ultimately. All the sources/sites are cited and links given. That is encouraged, of course. The user is ultimately in control of the tool to change, add to, curate, etc. the research. This just makes that process a lot faster.

Would you mind expanding on "intellectual liability" a bit more?

Absolutely. The link contains research, screenshots, etc. to show how the final content looks, how it is performing, etc. Feel free to take a look.

If you create a webpage that has 10s or 100s of different answers to questions for a topic, and it saves everyone time researching; then I would consider that useful and not spam. Just my opinion of course. And I'm not saying this is a substitute for creative content, and I don't think it is an either or. Informative content vs creative content is just different in my opinion.

Do you think GPT3 is spam? Where does it get its information? Are Google quick answers spam? While all A.I. be considered spam? Interesting questions.

The way that I see the value is that it assists the user with research by pulling together answers across thousands of sources, doing work that a single person would struggle with.

Then the user can change, add on top, or modify the research however they want, saving a lot of time in the process.

I think it depends on your own definition. I think spam is highly subjective, no?

Do you think there is a world where a human does a search and machines extract answers and teach us about a topic, taking answers from across the web?

Hey, I'm the author of this post on Indie Hackers. I added some data and evidence at the bottom of that post. The content and site is performing really well.

I'm curious, why do you think this is spam?