Yeah, I remember disliking it back in the day (Alta Vista gang!!!🅰️♈), but I wish they evolved and got better rather than shutting down and I am still sad to see it go.
The truth of the matter is: we’re at the peak of AI innovation and subsidies, and if any company could demonstrate profitability by incorporating a modern LLM, this would have been it. And they didn’t.
It’s not about making money from his creation. He did that already. He would hate seeing Jeeves become a hollow shell of acquiescence instead of the cunning intermediary he was.
It’s good to see they never sold out to some AI chatbot nonsense. Shame to see it go.
It was a garbage search engine, but a memorable one from the early web nonetheless.
Yeah, I remember disliking it back in the day (Alta Vista gang!!!🅰️♈), but I wish they evolved and got better rather than shutting down and I am still sad to see it go.
Dogpile.com was the best 😉
Another relic from '95 is still managing to keep a web presence.
metacrawler.com
My go-to was 37.com. It was a sad day when it closed down, like a decade ago.
Owned by these folks; https://system1.com/what-we-do
That used to be my search page of choice.
I expect the trademark will be for sale soon.
And that’s when it becomes AI slop?
Not that Jeeves was a very good search engine to begin with. But it’s a good way to ruin nostalgia and disrespect the past.
Facedeer’s just trolling as usual.
The truth of the matter is: we’re at the peak of AI innovation and subsidies, and if any company could demonstrate profitability by incorporating a modern LLM, this would have been it. And they didn’t.
PG Wodehouse would die again if he saw Jeeves become a digital effigy
Jeeves is public domain now.
It’s not about making money from his creation. He did that already. He would hate seeing Jeeves become a hollow shell of acquiescence instead of the cunning intermediary he was.