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If we can find information by asking GenAI, who needs the Web? (cacm.acm.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

who needs the web?

Generative AI that's who. For it to spit out information, it needs information. The argument may be that it is better at collecting all that information in one place and returning an answer, although we know it hallucinates responses. But to even begin a response it needs data, it needs the web.