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How to Turn Off AI Overview in Google and Set "Web" as Default

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Re: How to Turn Off AI Overview in Google and Set "Web" as Default

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Post by nicklecompte »

jsheard wrote: post #10

Your loss, I will keep expanding my brain with the wisdom of Googles powerful AI https://imgur.com/a/g4qOU9a

Jesus, that kidney stones one is bad :( It's funny when the LLM totally checks out of reality, but not at all funny when the statement seems plausible to ignorant people.

(A lot people seem to subscribe to an ideology of "dumb people get what they deserve." What this really means to me is "I have Dunning-Kruger syndrome," but I wonder how much of that gets filtered down into making excuses for AI that sucks so badly it becomes actively dangerous.)

Re: How to Turn Off AI Overview in Google and Set "Web" as Default

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Post by recursive »

EGreg wrote: post #44
shombaboor wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

literally, how does anyone find this acceptable? It makes me feel dumb that I find this outrageous, like the emperor's new clothes: y'all can see this too right?

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It may be a doctored image. But we don't know. I don't think these things are deterministic. At least not just with search query. It could be real, and you might get a real response that makes sense.

Re: How to Turn Off AI Overview in Google and Set "Web" as Default

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Post by beAbU »

mtu wrote: post #16

Adding to the litany of bad google ideas from the past 10+ years: - Killing google reader - Pointless UI changes - Multiple chat and videocall apps that cannibalize each other. - Stadia fiasco - Shoving AI down our throats in their MAIN PRODUCT What's the source of this rot? I have a friend at google who says the place is filled with smart people competing with each other. Perhaps this competition fuels a chaotic lac…

Jokes on you if you think Search is Google's main product.

Re: How to Turn Off AI Overview in Google and Set "Web" as Default

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Post by 12_throw_away »

EGreg wrote: post #44
shombaboor wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

literally, how does anyone find this acceptable? It makes me feel dumb that I find this outrageous, like the emperor's new clothes: y'all can see this too right?

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Google may return different results at different times

Re: How to Turn Off AI Overview in Google and Set "Web" as Default

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Post by asrael_io »

shombaboor wrote: post #18
jsheard wrote: post #10

Your loss, I will keep expanding my brain with the wisdom of Googles powerful AI https://imgur.com/a/g4qOU9a

literally, how does anyone find this acceptable? It makes me feel dumb that I find this outrageous, like the emperor's new clothes: y'all can see this too right?

Yeah, it's a full on clown world at this point.

Re: How to Turn Off AI Overview in Google and Set "Web" as Default

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Post by freetinker »

mtu wrote: post #16

Adding to the litany of bad google ideas from the past 10+ years: - Killing google reader - Pointless UI changes - Multiple chat and videocall apps that cannibalize each other. - Stadia fiasco - Shoving AI down our throats in their MAIN PRODUCT What's the source of this rot? I have a friend at google who says the place is filled with smart people competing with each other. Perhaps this competition fuels a chaotic lac…

Accurate. Abject lack of a cohesive vision/strategy, and no leadership to articulate and drive it. It’s a motley collection of fiefdoms competing for perf points.

Re: How to Turn Off AI Overview in Google and Set "Web" as Default

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Post by tmpz22 »

shombaboor wrote: post #18
jsheard wrote: post #10

Your loss, I will keep expanding my brain with the wisdom of Googles powerful AI https://imgur.com/a/g4qOU9a

literally, how does anyone find this acceptable? It makes me feel dumb that I find this outrageous, like the emperor's new clothes: y'all can see this too right?

> how does anyone find this acceptable?

Many in the tech community have high expectations for Google engineering quality and product development. The expectations are now too high, much like the executives who pushed this feature.

Re: How to Turn Off AI Overview in Google and Set "Web" as Default

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Post by fallingsquirrel »

EGreg wrote: post #44
shombaboor wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

literally, how does anyone find this acceptable? It makes me feel dumb that I find this outrageous, like the emperor's new clothes: y'all can see this too right?

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Maybe it's fake, or maybe it's been fixed since then. Who knows? This is another problem with these closed source services giving "personalized" results that are totally different from one person to the next and one day to the next. How would you propose we authenticate the screenshot?
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