I've switched to a local instance of SearXNG, no AI in results and I don't see things I search for in ads on other platforms now.
I don't want my search engine to think for me
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#32I've switched back to the pre-llm / AI summaries period when I extensively search for the results and also discover tons of great web resources along the way. The novelty of instant answers from the chatbot is gone. Now I just deliberately ignore the top AI summaries and go straight for the ten blue links.
If I need a chatbot I'll launch the app. Mixing the AI answers in SERP is too much noise for me.
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#33There will be a learning curve for some, like the person behind this article. Searching in AI mode will mean your query is going to need to be a bit more pointed.
The example given is you want evidence from an original source in Stack Overflow. So instead of just typing a few keywords and digging through pages, your query needs to ask Google exactly what you want and the format you want it in. If that’s a list of Stack Overflow pages, then that’s what you ask for. You can test this out now with AI summaries and a well-written query.
The quality of your results is going to depend on what you put into it. It will probably be annoying for some at first but for those that get it it’s going to be a step up.
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#34LLM-written article.
What do you believe your comment adds to the discussion about this article?
I agree I run the risk of being wrong and could at least provide some evidence, but I think at the very least it can be one additional piece of information someone could use in their consumption of this content.
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#35I agree with that but I think we are on the losing side. This approach probably works for more people than it doesn't work. Also:
"Clicking through now feels like expressing distrust in the tool, rather than just doing your homework."
This is off. Just between us, the "AI" does not have feelings. It does not care if you express distrust in it.
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#36There will be a learning curve for some, like the person behind this article. Searching in AI mode will mean your query is going to need to be a bit more pointed. The example given is you want evidence from an original source in Stack Overflow. So instead of just typing a few keywords and digging through pages, your query needs to ask Google exactly what you want and the format you want it in. If that’s a list of Sta…
No, those search engines will simply stop being used by people that care. Google's "AI results" have already wrongly accused people of being sex offenders and make up gibberish constantly. They are a blight and a scourge. There are already many lawsuits against the garbage it invents.
The "quality" of your prompt is irrelevant when you're feeding it to something that just imagines things.
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#37Maybe it’s misplaced nostalgia but google search before google plus ruined the +, and the image search was top tier (not shopping ads) - truly incredible the signal to noise you could find. Now all the junk comes to the top and the sites you get all have ads and modal popups or sales funnel flows
Google was good. So everyone used it, so SEOs tried to optimize and then you get the junk.
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#38You know, I've been investing in reference books since Google started failing to accurately report basic equations and constants.
It's kinda nice actually.
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#39There will be a learning curve for some, like the person behind this article. Searching in AI mode will mean your query is going to need to be a bit more pointed. The example given is you want evidence from an original source in Stack Overflow. So instead of just typing a few keywords and digging through pages, your query needs to ask Google exactly what you want and the format you want it in. If that’s a list of Sta…
> There will be a learning curve for some, like the person behind this article.
That's ridiculous. There isn't a learning curve, we don't want AI. No amount of "learning" is going to make these misbegotten features into something that actually improves my experience with the product. You should listen to people, not assume that you know their desires better than they do.
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#40LLM-written article.
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