"We aren't doing so well, and are laying off large number of people. But we'll try to keep investors from running away by telling them we're actually able to reduce headcount by using AI."

Unfortunately, there's a new invention these days, known as online learning. It's a big money draw for colleges and universities. Many online students physically cannot go register in person, they are too far away or otherwise have difficulty traveling. Online classes and online registration aren't going anywhere.

And you feel this approach would help colleges solve the problem of "ghost" students? I think it would make things worse, not better. Don't feel like doing the work? Just drop out, no charge. That's a good way for colleges to go broke.

I see you have trouble with English and with logic, since you consistently resort to swearing and insults. If you had a case, you'd discuss the logic instead.

It doesn't matter what the precise meaning of "migrating" is, or what your expectations are. The underlying truth is that it's not easy to do, the barriers are high. For those who switch, they have to learn an entirely new ecosystem. This is not easy for the non-technical among us.

Try working on your English and your logic, I can see you need to brush up.

Very true. Maybe they really *are* there just to look official.

That's a big if, and an exceedingly unlikely outcome.

Agree, but...the advertisers are coming for AI too. It won't take long before the AI bots are as congested with ads, as today's "regular" sites.

I'm kind of find with this. The pendulum has swung so far into the add-supported mindset, that the sites literally exist only to serve ads, and provide a bit of content as an excuse to attract search engines. If AI kills these, it's all good.

Wikipedia isn't going anywhere. And those summary summaries that AI provides--links to Wikipedia when it draws from there. If you want the in-depth "summary" that is found on Wikipedia, click that link. If you just want the 5-sentence version, AI does a pretty good job of that. Both types of summaries have a purpose, and both can coexist.

That's literally what CloudFlare does: interferes with access to (malware) sites. I'm personally very happy with the protection CloudFlare as provided to my own sites.

As a developer of a site that has experienced a DDOS attack, I very much value what CloudFlare does for me. It has had no negative impact on legitimate users of the site, but it has thwarted unwanted traffic.

Woah, somebody who reads sources! You probably read Wikipedia sources too! And here I thought those were just to make it look official!

So, just to be clear, you're saying that failing to pay for wifi, will result in death?

I'm all for helping the poor, but maybe the dramatic language is a little excessive.

I'm the opposite. Usually, I don't *want* to have to click on a bunch of links, scan each site for the details, in hopes that one of them will answer my question. The fact that Google (Gemini) gives me a summary that directly answers my question, is a *huge* time saver for me.

Pretend world, pretend friends. Why not? Who wants it? Well, if the Metaverse is any indication, not many.