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Idea Discussion: Can We Replace Needs of Static Websites with AI Profiles?

1•Kathan2651•1h ago
A lot of people only use websites for a few simple things:

- To have an online presence - Show what they do - Share a portfolio - To show contact details and answer common questions.

Not everyone needs this? Nowadays, we go to AI first and then website. Even Google shows an AI summary first.

And it has become hard for simple websites to fight through SEO competition to get on the first page. Searching by name doesn't bring them on top. They can share a company’s URL, but generally people don't write it, they rather check it on Instagram and then find a link in bio. Also, checking websites sucks? Going through all that data just to find simple things is hard(Suppose it's a construction site and you are looking for which specific material they use, well good luck with that).

Making a simple website takes a lot of time, design work, SEO effort, and money, and all this just to show some text.They don't need all that. Their clients are not looking for that. Clients usually just have some questions, want a direct way to contact someone, or just want to verify that they are legit.

So here is an idea:

Instead of building a full static website, what if a person or business could upload one AI-readable file (.txt or .md) or folder? Like how people are using SKILL.md as instructions for AI agents, we need something simple that any person could use write, but structured in a way AI can easily understand.

That file would include who they are, what they do, FAQs, links, references, contact info, and anything else they want to share. They upload it to a server (or the internet) and get a UNIQUE CODE. Or get a domain, and just upload the file and get that unique code.

Then, instead of visiting a website, someone could paste that code into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or any AI tool. It will load their profile, and they can answer questions directly.

Example:

   - One client is looking for a freelancer. He sees that someone reached out to him and shared his code.
     The client can just use AI, tell it what they need, and check if that person can work on it - what matches and what     
     doesn't.

   - Friend has given a specialist doctor’s code. Now they can directly check if it is suitable for them or not. it's 
     just some advanced doctor they do not need, or get the booking link.

   - They are looking for a house, and they get a real estate agency code and find. Now they can find fully check and
     find if it's meets their criteria.

Does this make sense to you? What do you think the pros and cons of this?

Also, if it is worthwhile, is there any specific way to build this? I mean, directly Gemini or ChatGPT is not going to show my code, Nor I can make universal code.

Comments

commanderj•1h ago
Wouldn't that make the web even less open and even more monopolistic?
coldtea•1h ago
>Not everyone needs this? Nowadays, we go to AI first and then website. Even Google shows an AI summary first.

Who is "we"?

Why would I want to give AI companies, already a very closed club of 2-3 big players, the keys to the web?

Why would I trust them to show this info in their results over their sponsored results?

Why should the use have to actively work (ask questions to get it out of the LLM step by step) to learn about my product or services? What if they don't know what they should be asking about?

traceseal•16m ago
Fully agree unless there is transparency auditable/verifiable by third party that only what you really want is what the AI does !