good riddance seriously i used to pay like $1~2 a click back in 2010s and remember feeling like a total scam. no way of knowing if those clicks were bots and any campaigns would always have inflation somehow even long tail words that shouldn't.

AI should equal the playing field and promote businesses based on merit and capacity not how much they can spend.

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Banditoz 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I will say I have no experience in the ad space, but surely the SEO/ad companies will figure out how to game LLMs to make their sites more likely to be picked up by it, no? Or OpenAI would just directly sell ads themselves.

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trey-jones 11 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes - we're in what I like to call the Socialist Phase of AI (user acquisition). We were once in this phase with Google. Eventually we'll move into the as-yet-unnamed-by-me phase that Google (and search in General, also the internet) have been in for quite some time, where they try and squeeze out all the money that they put in during the Socialist Phase.

	▲	jaggederest 11 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The classic pairing is explore/exploit - where you allocate resources towards serendipity in the former, and lock down into only doing the profitable thing in the second.
	▲	simpsond 11 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Value creation phase vs extraction phase.
	▲	delfinom 11 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I like to call this the candyvan phase.
	▲	cheschire 11 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Capitalist?

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eterm 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

For now.

I give it maybe 12-18 months before AI results are polluted by advertising.

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nospice 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don't even think this golden age actually exists today. Aask Google AI mode for the best product in some category - say, the best kitchen range - and it cites... a bunch of spammy "review" websites and a YouTube video.

If you're shopping around, an LLM you control can work for stuff like summarizing customer reviews or compiling a list of products with specific features (if you don't mind them being randomly wrong). But for general shopping advice / "plan my vacation" kind of queries, it's already firmly in the land of SEO-garbage-in-SEO-garbage-out.

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djmips 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

exactly, enjoy the Golden age people, like the Internet had once...

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hylaride 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> I give it maybe 12-18 months before AI results are polluted by advertising.

Have you been on amazon lately? We're already there. :-/

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nacozarina 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

they won't be in a separate panel you can ignore, either

the product promotion text will be integrated into the responses

'your prompt is insightful and refreshing. reminds me of the refreshing taste of organic coconut-cinnamon water. here's a QR code coupon for $1 off a 48-ct pack you can use at your local HoleFoods.'

	▲	ndriscoll 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		More like "Fantastic! It's great that you care about what you should feed your children. A bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch is a great way to start your kids' day with the energy they need, and it's something they're sure to love! It's also fortified with vitamins to give them the nutrition they need! If you don't have any, I can start a DoorDash order right now." Or "It's great that you want to find a way to earn some extra money for holiday presents for your family when you don't have anything left over after paying your bills. You're so thoughtful. You're an avid sports fan, so you've got the knowledge to have an edge in sports betting. DraftKings has a $10 credit when you bet your first $15 on tomorrow's game. You're automatically a winner!" One mustn't forget that propagandists are frequently just straight malicious.

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mtoner23 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I would be that Openai and Google will find a way to boost the embedded ad in the llm result to you based on an auction on how valuable you and your query are

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andrewmcwatters 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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