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DuckDuckGo poll says 90% don't want AI in search (www.pcworld.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/goodnewseveryone@piefed.social
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[–] 9 points 8 months ago (15 children)

My sister is part of the 10%. The fucked up thing is that she's not an idiot. But she truly believes that AI in search is a net benefit. I just don't get it.

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  • [–] [S] 13 points 8 months ago (9 children)

    It certainly adds convenience when you want quick answers. But the road to dystopia is convenient.

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago* (3 children)

    It's wrong so often that it just adds useless padding I have to scroll down from, since I always have to look it up myself to get the correct info anyway.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    I think it depends on what youre asking for. Some search engines, not always AI but sometimes, I ask it really quick questions and I get answers. There may be calculators, conversation tools, etc already in the search.

    I.e. what is 42 days from today. What's the release date of X game, etc.

    I haven't had the time to switch to kagi yet but I have DDG and was just too lazy to turn off their AI feature. Didnt really bother me one way it the other. If the AI search doesnt answer my question I just move onto normal links. Again, for simple inquiries it just spits out the answers for me without having to click anything.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    It's absolutely terrible with mundane things like that. It will find someone converting quantities of flour in US vs EU recipes, and use that same conversion for milk, or molten lead. But it fail to provide the original "flour" context, and expresses the resulting conversion with absolute confidence.

    And because it is such a mundane piece of information, we tend to accept it without bothering to actually verify it.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I sort of get it. If AI was 100% accurate like Google search used to be, then yeah AI might be a net benefit.

    But right now, they fucking tell us ”Hey this feature that gobbles up gigawatts of electricity and gallons of water might be wrong so double check it by going to the sources I've left here."

    What value is that providing exactly?

    Jfc...

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