Google is set to start mixing ads into its new AI-generated search answers. It’s a test of how the company’s biggest revenue stream can adapt to the age of generative AI.
Never used TikTok. I guess one searches “How to do X?” and shows tutorial videos each a mintue or so? Or “the Best birthday gifts” then a bunch of video trys to sell you the “best” gift? I have no idea.
Badly. You search for videos that match the form of a question. It’s not effective at all, but wildly popular according to my aunt who is a high school teacher.
The accessibility of technology has produced a generation of people who don’t understand how to use it in basic ways, but that’s another discussion.
I’ve seen this mentioned a few times before but never get how it works. How do you even use TikTok as a search engine?
Never used TikTok. I guess one searches “How to do X?” and shows tutorial videos each a mintue or so? Or “the Best birthday gifts” then a bunch of video trys to sell you the “best” gift? I have no idea.
Badly. You search for videos that match the form of a question. It’s not effective at all, but wildly popular according to my aunt who is a high school teacher.
The accessibility of technology has produced a generation of people who don’t understand how to use it in basic ways, but that’s another discussion.