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Re: Add "fucking" to your Google searches to neutralize AI summaries

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Post by ghaff »

n4r9 wrote: post #124
smt88 wrote: post #112

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AI has value the way self-checkout has value: it's anti-consumer and widely hated, but it (can) save the companies money and will therefore be too widespread for anyone to opt out.

Self-checkout has come a long way IMO. I love not having to queue as long or speak to staff. The occasional "unknown item" still happens, but it's worth it. Even better are the ones in smaller shops that don't have a weighing sensor.

Stores seem to have dialed down some of the sensitivity. I don't know the last time I've run into a complaint because I used my own bag or something else that affects weight. One of my regular grocery stores doesn't have self-checkout. The other one has both and I'll wait for a cashier if I have a lot of items, especially produce. But if I have a handful of barcoded items I'll use self-checkout unless there is a cashier's lane with literally no wait.

Re: Add "fucking" to your Google searches to neutralize AI summaries

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Post by ghaff »

b112 wrote: post #217
gosub100 wrote: post #216

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I would be fine with cheating and embedding magnets in the plates or having a special track that fits the plate to the sink. But I find it pathetic that this problem hasn't been solved yet. No one likes doing dishes.

Well, dishwashers are enough to remove lots of the work. And they can dry the dishes too. So it's a lower bar, there's a partial solution.

Dishwashers and washing machines don't eliminate cleaning all dishes/kitchen stuff and clothes but, realistically, they cut down on them a lot.

Re: Add "fucking" to your Google searches to neutralize AI summaries

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Post by bobxmax »

Nullabillity wrote: post #309
bobxmax wrote: post #165

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Billions of dollars are being spent on very useful AI. You just notice the shitty ones, but people on HN thinks that's the norm for some reason.

You might've been… slightly… more convincing if you had any sources to back that absolutely wild claim up.

That billions of dollars is being spent on AI? That's a wild claim?

Re: Add "fucking" to your Google searches to neutralize AI summaries

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Post by bobxmax »

gloosx wrote: post #310
bobxmax wrote: post #269

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That's demonstrably false unless you believe millions of people are spending their own money every month for useless tech. I don't know how a thinking person can use this technology and not see the possibilities it opens up.

>unless you believe millions of people are spending their own money every month for useless tech that's a hot take! A classic "Eat shit! A million flies can't be wrong.". really made me smile :) BILLIONS of people are spending their own money for useless tech, simply because they fear of missing out. Thinking person can see it is generating text from the input query – which is useful of course – but not dramatically…

It's dramatically useful for millions of people who are now much more productive than they were 3 years ago, including the programmers who have 10x'd their output.

Your superiority complex is nothing new... anytime new technology emerges, there's an old crochety class that thinks it's a fad. It's always people arrogant enough to believe they know the world better than everybody else.

And no, billions of people aren't spending money on tech purely because of FOMO. That's just nonsense.

Re: Add "fucking" to your Google searches to neutralize AI summaries

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Post by bobxmax »

timewizard wrote: post #291
bobxmax wrote: post #269

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That's demonstrably false unless you believe millions of people are spending their own money every month for useless tech. I don't know how a thinking person can use this technology and not see the possibilities it opens up.

> unless you believe millions of people are spending their own money every month for useless tech. Your premise is wrong. You assume these people are spending money creating useful output or would otherwise understand and be able to implement a more efficient means on their own. In the words of David Graeber a lot of people have bullshit jobs, are you sure the "AI" isn't alleviating some other problem for them? > and…

I don't know what the point of your rant was. Nobody is talking about AGI. Even if the technology never evolves again, it's still dramatically useful to the tune of billions and billions of dollars being spent on it.

Re: Add "fucking" to your Google searches to neutralize AI summaries

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Post by bobxmax »

CountHackulus wrote: post #203
bobxmax wrote: post #165

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Billions of dollars are being spent on very useful AI. You just notice the shitty ones, but people on HN thinks that's the norm for some reason.

Any useful AI I've seen isn't branded as "AI", it's just a product that doesn't mention how it works.

ChatGPT, Perplexity and Midjourney are all branded as "AI".

Re: Add "fucking" to your Google searches to neutralize AI summaries

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Post by jpc0 »

cheese_van wrote: post #278
IgorPartola wrote: post #171

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I am totally in the same boat but also I do suspect it is a minority. It’s the same way that some people really want open source bootloaders, but 99.99% of people do not care at all. Maybe AI assistants in random places just aren’t that compatible with people on HN but are possibly useful for a lot of people not on HN?

Coincidentally today, I received an automated text from my heath care entity along the lines of, "Please recognize this number as from us. Our AI will be calling you to discuss your heath." No. I'm not going to have a personal discussion with an AI.

> Coincidentally today, I received an automated text from my heath care entity along the lines of, "Please recognize this number as from us. Our AI will be calling you to discuss your heath."

That sets off super strong scam vibes to me... Our banking industry here and medical industry pushes phishing information down your throat so much people even worry about legitimate communication that couldn't possibly be a scam being a scam.

I find that to be better for society but definitely clouds my judgement on those kinds of text. Also I have absolutely dropped my previous bank because it became impossible to speak to an actual human and willingly pay more for a bank where my phonecall goes directly to a human.

Do what one of the other commenters mentioned, make the AI an assistant for the human beings that help your customers, let the humans communicate with humans.

Re: Add "fucking" to your Google searches to neutralize AI summaries

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Post by ashoeafoot »

smt88 wrote: post #112
autoexec wrote: post #103

Every time some product or service introduces AI (or more accurately shoves it down our throats) people start looking for a way to get rid of it. It's so strange how much money and time companies are pouring into "features" that the public continues to reject at every opportunity. At this point I'm convinced that the endless AI hype and all the investment is purely due to hopes that it will soon put vast numbers of e…

AI has value the way self-checkout has value: it's anti-consumer and widely hated, but it (can) save the companies money and will therefore be too widespread for anyone to opt out.

you get the employees rebate at selfcheckout

Re: Add "fucking" to your Google searches to neutralize AI summaries

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Post by NickOscar »

Found better approach and implemented a Chrome extension that automatically adds -ai to your searches, so it filter out AI summaries:

https://reviews.vc/ai-filter-plugin/

https://github.com/reviewsvc/ai-filter

The plugin has been submitted to the Chrome Store but has not been approved yet. It is super lightweight and will be better to install locally on its own. I personally don’t trust Chrome Store plugins :) So, you can download the archive, review the source and load it unpacked from chrome://extensions

Re: Add "fucking" to your Google searches to neutralize AI summaries

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Post by PaulDavisThe1st »

egypturnash wrote: post #288
PaulDavisThe1st wrote: post #107

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Can this many people really have missed the udm=14 trick for google? udm14.com will demonstrate for you ...

Imagine you are a completely non-technical friend of yours. They are very smart but they do not know a damn thing about configuring computers. They mostly just use their phone and/or tablet. How much of "just append ?udm=14 to your search query" is absolute gibberish? Is "install the udm14 plugin" going to make any more sense? Is "go to udm14.com for all your searches" going to stick? Are there phishing sites at umd1…

There's this thing called the internet that can help you find out how to change your default search engine. You might even get some AI suggestions to make it clearer.

Yes, the "fucking" trick is awesome too.

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