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I sat behind someone on a plane who was using ChatGPT to write the materials and remarks for a sustainability and climate conference. (lemmy.world)
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I tried to post this to Reddit but for some reason it keeps getting removed by filters. I normally just lurk on Lemmy but I decided to make an account because I’m so over that stupid platform.

ANYWAY

Last night on my flight home I noticed that the person in front of me was using ChatGPT. I got nosy so I looked closer and found out that they were actually using ChatGPT to write the content for a program of a sustainability and climate conference. They specifically included a section about “dirty” energy sources and the harm that results from energy producers supplying data centers. I was floored.

I am not sure if this was the final product or just a draft, but I find it pretty gross and ironic that the AI that is fueling the climate crisis and responsible for the rapid development of data centers that are doing irreparable damage to local communities and ecosystems is being employed to create the materials for a sustainability conference. Maybe start with looking in the mirror first?

I looked up the company, and turns out this program might be part of a Keynote Livestream that is featuring the Mayor of San Fransisco lol.

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[–] 6 points 2 months ago (4 children)

That is how AI works.

Most AI... Gosh, I'm not sure what to call it here, models, agents, tools? Whatever, most AI things nowadays don't just rely on their dataset, they can also make queries out to the web. So, yes, making sure AI tools can easily get answers from your website is a real thing companies need to be aware of. Because the reality we live in now is that most people's search engines have an AI Summary at the top, and that's all most people are going to look at. Most people were already stopping at the first search result prior to this.

It has a term I think? AIO maybe? I don't remember. Basically like SEO but for AI.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    SES (Slop Engine Sloptimization)

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    The frustrating thing is that it's not sloptimizing, it's just the meta that search engines have forced people to adhere to if they want to get good results.

    To be honest, I don't really know what all it entails. It may or may not require changes that make the site less human friendly. There's one version of it where it actually improves sites. Like if it means using semantic HTML better, then it would make the site more accessible. But it could also mean organizing things differently that are less human friendly. I haven't looked into it enough to judge.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child)

    I looked it up real quick. I hate the name of the term. It's AEO "answer engine optimization" fuck that, we're fucked

    Edit: I guess the word answer doesn't necessarily mean CORRECT answer, but to me it leans that way. I think response may have been a better word to use there

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