Ok. Here are the issues:

1. Google is an Ad Company. So their incentive will always be to serve you ads, collect data. You are their customer. They do not simply make these tools to help you, and make it easier and more reliable to search for stuff. Ask yourself how will Google, and others, make money off of these "AI" tools now? It will be even more deceiving and sneaky.
2. In a sane society (not trade-based) these tools would be tested a lot. For accuracy, for what the outcome can be if billions of people use them, etc.. Did Google do that? I doubt.
3. If Google removes the search results and replaces it all with "AI" summaries and explanations, two things happen: Complete reliance on the biggest Ad Company for answering your search queries. And second, people will further drift apart from understanding that trust was a key factor in knowing if a source is valid or not. Like where is the info coming from. Now it will simply come from the AI God. Blackhole.

In theory to have access to a faster and more reliable way of finding information is a must in a world that is saturated with information. BUT the way it is done now it will make rich people richer, and the consumers more "consuming".

It is simply a normal evolution of a trade-based society. As it is in the offline, it is in the online too.

Same society, same shit.

How to change? Understand where the problem comes from in the first place. --->>> tromsite.com/trombooks/#flipbo…

#TradeRuinsEverything #capitalism #ai #ArtificialInelligence #money #trade #tradebasedsociety #capitalism #google #searchengine

Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)

2026-05-20 03:17:02

Wow some terrible reporting about Google's latest horrible ideas about how to distort information access in the name of "convenience" (or something):

techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/goog…

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Google Search as you know it is over | TechCrunch

Google is transforming Search from a list of links into an AI-powered experience filled with conversational answers, autonomous agents, and interactive interfaces — a shift that could further reduce traffic to publishers across the web.

^{Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)}

I am so frustrated that pretty much everyone is blind in this world. So may loud voices about the "harms" of AI, but what is happening with this tool is TOTALLY NORMAL in a TRADE BASED SOCIETY.

TOTALLY NORMAL!

Companies wanna trade these tools, thus make money at all costs. Users wanna use them to trade, make money. Videos, books, whatever the shit.

The incentive is THE SAME. Big or small groups of people.

There is NO SURPRISE!

Totally normal.

No way we can fix this, or the billions of other issues, unless we change the structure of our society. Sounds daunting but only if you are thinking about it simplistically and in a sci-fi way.

Imagine if we start a Universal Basic Income scheme, also provide the needs of people as trade-free. Housing, food, healthcare, etc.. Free people from this society, so they can be less idiotic and less driven to make profit out of everything. This is a realistic way forward.

That's how you can try to change the infinite blanket of shit that everyone grows on top of.

It drives me INSANE that people do not see this simple fact, that people are consuming idiots in a trade-based society, so ofc they will abuse every tool for trading purposes.

It has been the case for thousands of years.

So yah, I am sick of those who speak about AI slop, destruction of the environment, climate change, etc., but NEVER mentioning the trade-based society that creates all of these.

It's like talking about lung cancer without mentioning smoking at all. And not connecting it with the Tobacco industry. And then hop, back to trade.

This is the world we live in....and won't change in any significant way unless we understand where our problems originate.

#trade #society #ai #aislop #slop #fedi #fediverse #money #TradeRuinsEverything #capitlaism

Starlink increased its "standby" price from €5 to €10 a month. That is for half a MB connection, unlimited data. Basically for calls and emergency things. Since we decided to get Starlink for our motorhome 2 years ago, they almost doubled their prices for all of their subscriptions. They always do that. It is insane!

But Tio why do you even get a Starlink?!
Because living in a motorhome and traveling with it...there is no reliable wifi/mobile converge. Not to mention one across Europe. I hate Starlink and the Elon Skunk, and we already have the dish for which we paid €300...so idk what the options are.

We use Starlink for "emergency" purposes. I thought €5 a month is fine. But now double the price...and I BET they will make it €15 in the following months.

The price of gas has increased because of a war we have nothing to do with. Why not cut down the profits of the big oil companies instead of taxing the struggling people who need gas?

The price for our servers and backups increased like crazy because of these "AI centers" that eat up computer resources...

The price of food and goods has increased too...

Little by little, like a vampire, this society sucks you dry,

Did salaries increase? I doubt.

Did the financial support for TROM increased? No.

Where is this going? Steadily downhill :D

I am trying to live with as little money as possible, perhaps around €400 a month, all included (food, gas, internet, etc.), but it is getting very difficult.

Welcome to our Trade Based society where you have to trade in order to survive. You have no choice. And even when you trade there is NO guarantee you will survive.

The ONLY planet harboring life in the Universe. As far as we know. And this is how we are managing our stuff over here.

A bunch of idiots. The idiots of the Universe :P.

I should not mention that we throw away more than half of our edible food and that we have a lot more empty homes than homeless people, and how a tiny minority own more than the rest of the humans?! I won't mention that.

Ok. Rant done. Our society sucks.

#rant #money #society #prices #starlink #internet #motorhome #vanllife #camper