> AI isn't the sole source of information nor are you forced to use it.

I mean, it's now embedded in all our search engines, so it's kind of hard to obtain information without invoking the hallucination-generating machine

So the problem is with search engines, not the communities they index.

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> A third party coming in and saying "hey, everybody stop talking to each other, just talk to us and we'll intermediate and eventually replace every interaction between you, and charge money for it

which doesn't seem to be the case in forums and message boards.

So isn't that the real issue for you? It it wasn't being pushed so heavily would you care as much?

It's like pre installed apps or forced browsers, they cause a pushback where the arguments are all monopolistic but the reality is user annoyance.

Yeah, I mean, in the last year every search engine, every browser, every SaaS app I have to use for work... They have all compromised their UX to put a chat bot front-end-centre. And in the majority of cases, that chat bot doesn't seem to enable any new use-cases. It's just bandwagoning...