AI-generated ad blogs outrank Wikipedia, now #5 on Google for stats query
felpix_ · x · 2026-11-09
Developer felpix highlights how AI slop is degrading Google Search: for the query "two stage least squares", the top two results are low-quality AI-generated advertisement blogs, while Wikipedia has dropped to #5, behind a Boston College PDF and IBM docs. The screenshot shows mass-produced SEO content squeezing out authoritative sources, fueling concern about AI slop eroding search quality.
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