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minus-squareJax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up40arrow-down1·5 hours agoI just got into a little spat with my friends fiance because she intellectually offloads with AI. I stand by it.
minus-squaretheparadox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down1·5 hours agoThe number of people I know who now ask AI instead of web searching is… very upsetting.
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·3 hours agoDoesn’t help that web search is shit nowadays
minus-squarearin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 hours agoThat might be intentional and also coz of the shitty ai blog/info sites
minus-squareNate Cox@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 minutes agoIn the case of Google it is very much intentional, and documented. Good search means fewer search attempts and that means fewer displayed ads.
minus-squareSGforce@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 hours agoYesterday I googled: Hardware store “City Name”. It only returned stores from a different city. So I googled: Hardware store “City Name City Name City Name” and it returned a single one for every result
minus-squareKirp123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 hours agoIf you search Google just serves you their AI shit. The other day their AI told me the word “rainy” has 4 letters.
minus-squaredream_weasel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 hours agoIt’s does have 4 letters. It has 5 letters too.
minus-squareStumblingWasabi@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 hours agoIt does. It also has 5 letters but 4 is technically correct
minus-squareDrCake@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 hours agoGoogle search has got so bad in the last couple of years that I actually don’t blame people for using AI for this.
minus-squareジン@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agothe number of people who are web searching are still majorly just consuming google’s AI and thats… more upsetting
I just got into a little spat with my friends fiance because she intellectually offloads with AI.
I stand by it.
The number of people I know who now ask AI instead of web searching is… very upsetting.
Doesn’t help that web search is shit nowadays
That might be intentional and also coz of the shitty ai blog/info sites
In the case of Google it is very much intentional, and documented. Good search means fewer search attempts and that means fewer displayed ads.
Yesterday I googled: Hardware store “City Name”. It only returned stores from a different city. So I googled: Hardware store “City Name City Name City Name” and it returned a single one for every result
If you search Google just serves you their AI shit. The other day their AI told me the word “rainy” has 4 letters.
It’s does have 4 letters. It has 5 letters too.
It does. It also has 5 letters but 4 is technically correct
Google search has got so bad in the last couple of years that I actually don’t blame people for using AI for this.
the number of people who are web searching are still majorly just consuming google’s AI and thats… more upsetting