@lilyraynyc Yep, exactly this. Either doing it through buying follow links in otherwise legit advertising deals, via Reddit mentions, or even in some of the big publisher programmes emerging which offer LLM optimisation services (we might previously have called them paid backlinks....).
@lilyraynyc Perplexity tell me you're desperately reaching for any purpose in today's digital landscape without telling me you're desperately reaching for any purpose in today's digital landscape.
@lilyraynyc@5le See also the "experts" who pop up at glitzy AEO software launches saying "I feel sorry for anyone still in SEO" before trotting out their GEO tactics which sound suspiciously like SEO tactics, 2007 edition...
@lilyraynyc There was a brilliant podcast early on in AI by @benedictevans asserting that as humans our apex predator skill is pattern detection. It's why we survived in the jungle, and it's why we can detect "off" content created by AI. I think of that often, and increasingly so.
@lilyraynyc Remember when we were all chuckling about it recommending glue on our pizza?
I miss those days. Now we're straight to "AIO overview could actually shorten the lives of cancer patients"
But yeah, YMYL.
@lilyraynyc I’m at a conference tomorrow and asked it for record shopping ideas nearby. Genuinely brilliant response; good recommendations , loads of context. Staggering
@RupertLowe10 Would be good to have the proof that you actually have donated, because I am suspicious that you might "forget" to do it after this has blown over.
@lilyraynyc I wonder how much of this is them actively intervening in response to the public discourse vs simply letting the CRO experiments play out.
Could it be that we're just finding equilibrium based on actual user interactions with AI features in the SERP?
@_KarenHao@NewsHour Fascinating to listen to your interview on Media Confidential Podcast this morning. I was interested in your statement about error rate on ChatGPT rising, not falling and would be interested in reading more, if you have a source?