The new pyramid of discovery
"So The Post does to a content creator what news organizations complain Perplexity does to them. This is what news organizations have long done to authors, scientists, researchers, experts, theorists, and people who have useful experiences or ideas: extract, repurpose, and exploit. Howβs it feel, guys, now that itβs being done to you?"
Jeff Jarvis
https://buzzmachine.com/2024/06/15/the-new-pyramid-of-discovery/
It's one thing to have a useful experience or idea. It's another for people to be aware of it.
Beyond "extract, repurpose, and exploit", journalism also PROMOTES.
I guess content creators who don't want what they create reported on can keep it secret or something.
There's a big difference between "I have a blog!" and "The Washington Post mentioned my blog in a story!"
Another difference here is that Perplexity doesn't just parasitize the Post. It parasitizes the same authors, scientists, researchers, experts, theorists, and others that Jarvis is claiming the Post does.