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[–] JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes ads revenue itself but also Data. Lots and lots of data to sell to advertisers to build profiles on what people are into and how they interact with following their hobbies and interests across subreddits.
But i agree that theres not too far to go after that.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (3 children)

AI training data too. Years' worth of conversations in natural language.

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago

Because LLMs are already hallucinating enough as it, but now they can do it with more racism and zoooomg is that a squirrel ‽

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I can't wait for an AI that responds to my prompts with "and my axe"

[–] Kedly@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

I can’t wait for an AI that responds to my prompts with “and my axe”

[–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 months ago

Why would I need redditor data when I could just download top 40s song lyrics and a book of puns?