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   Asta [AMP] (aud@fire.asta.lgbt)'s status on Thursday, 11-Jun-2026 06:26:23 JST Asta [AMP]

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   I can't remember whether it was Dr. Timnit Gebru and Dr. Emily Bender who wrote the specific paper on why a language model IS NOT a search engine or whether it was one of them in combination with another author, but... well, it was known, a long time ago, that an LLM is not a replacement for a search engine.
   
   "AI search industry" break google up

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     Asta [AMP] (aud@fire.asta.lgbt)'s status on Thursday, 11-Jun-2026 06:26:24 JST Asta [AMP]

     I'm not really into linking or reading ars, so this is just me taking aim at the post here and its use of the term "AI search industry". Does that exist? Yeah. SHOULD IT? NO. FUCK NO.
     
     The use of the term "industry" is wild because "AI search", in regards to generative "AI" models, is literally not search; it's an oxymoron. But because of Capital, it can become an industry.
     
     Tulips weren't fucking fake, at least.
     
     RE: https://mastodon.social/users/arstechnica/statuses/116726961728397799

     Rich Felker repeated this.