AI produces more unreliable hallucinations and garbage than usefulness.
DuckDuckGo is asking for a Yes or No vote on AI
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Re: DuckDuckGo is asking for a Yes or No vote on AI
#22This is a confusing marketing campaign because DDG is very much aware that the people voting on this poll are not a representative sample of DDG users.
Yeah, but there are enough passionate anti-AI people out there that reaching out to them could be the killer marketing move of 2026. The poll is 4% Yes, 96% No when I checked it. It's pretty clear that pro-AI marketing falls flat, see "Copilot + PC" People pushing AI might get investors today, but companies that take a stand against it might get the customers . Pick one.
I used to evangelize pro AI, but these days I am staunchly anti. Not AI specifically, but corporate involvement in any aspect of it's development or rollout. Behavior to date does not inspire confidence in competence or moral/ethical soundness.
The aggressive non-consensual attempts to force it into every aspect of our lives is itself plenty of proof for the fact we cannot trust it.
Re: DuckDuckGo is asking for a Yes or No vote on AI
#23"Yes AI or No AI?" What's the actual question? What am I answering? How is this measured? What are the consequences?
This question screams "I know what I mean, but haven't considered that other people might not have the same context I do". Seems like it's not an important vote but a marketing gimmick which only makes sense after you answer one way or another. I would expect people's preferences depend on how invasive and how much control there is- Do I want AI to have unfettered access to my filesystem? No. Do I want AI to create u…
I think you can read this as product differentiation. If you want AI in your search experience, Google and Bing are jumping up and down to give it to you.
DDG is maybe making a savvy point that they don’t have to follow the hype. And they’re perhaps positioning themselves toward customers that want that.
Re: DuckDuckGo is asking for a Yes or No vote on AI
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, but there are enough passionate anti-AI people out there that reaching out to them could be the killer marketing move of 2026. The poll is 4% Yes, 96% No when I checked it. It's pretty clear that pro-AI marketing falls flat, see "Copilot + PC" People pushing AI might get investors today, but companies that take a stand against it might get the customers . Pick one.
If you vote Yes AI, you get a link to https://yesai.duckduckgo.com/ which references http://duck.ai/ , DDG's AI platform, and the passionate anti-AI people don't like anything AI adjacent which DDG is doing. DDG is trying to have their cake and eat it too.
Works in my books. All everyone ever wanted was transparency and a choice, and this does that. AI should be opt in, not use-it-or-else.
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Re: DuckDuckGo is asking for a Yes or No vote on AI
#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, but there are enough passionate anti-AI people out there that reaching out to them could be the killer marketing move of 2026. The poll is 4% Yes, 96% No when I checked it. It's pretty clear that pro-AI marketing falls flat, see "Copilot + PC" People pushing AI might get investors today, but companies that take a stand against it might get the customers . Pick one.
If you vote Yes AI, you get a link to https://yesai.duckduckgo.com/ which references http://duck.ai/ , DDG's AI platform, and the passionate anti-AI people don't like anything AI adjacent which DDG is doing. DDG is trying to have their cake and eat it too.
As long as they dont force people eat the cake, it sounds fine?
Re: DuckDuckGo is asking for a Yes or No vote on AI
#27It's effectively a push poll, and it's not changing anything about DuckDuckGo. They really want you to know that Yes AI or No AI, we gotchu dude, you can do whatever.
Re: DuckDuckGo is asking for a Yes or No vote on AI
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, but there are enough passionate anti-AI people out there that reaching out to them could be the killer marketing move of 2026. The poll is 4% Yes, 96% No when I checked it. It's pretty clear that pro-AI marketing falls flat, see "Copilot + PC" People pushing AI might get investors today, but companies that take a stand against it might get the customers . Pick one.
If you vote Yes AI, you get a link to https://yesai.duckduckgo.com/ which references http://duck.ai/ , DDG's AI platform, and the passionate anti-AI people don't like anything AI adjacent which DDG is doing. DDG is trying to have their cake and eat it too.
No ai goes to it too
Re: DuckDuckGo is asking for a Yes or No vote on AI
#29"Yes AI or No AI?" What's the actual question? What am I answering? How is this measured? What are the consequences?
What consequence? It's a vote, it has no consequence. It's just fun.
And it seems intentionally phrased on an emotional level, so just answer it how you want.
I don't really get how some people over engineer a subjective questionnaire you can answer anonymously into something that has real-life personal consequences.
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