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42. And you just admitted you have to wade through irrelevant junk...

Wed Jun 10, 2026, 09:28 PM

13 hrs ago

to find what you're looking for, which is stated as factual, but might very well be slanted at best or totally wrong. The logical answer to that is simply to click the Google search hits themselves.

Plus....it's not necessary to search the web. The point of the OP. It's just a multi-billion dollar boondoggle of epic proportions. A solution desperately seeking a problem to solve that doesn't exist. No worries if it weren't for the fact that the boondoggle is sucking up vast amounts of resources to give you incorrect info. Enjoy higher electric bills for the "convenience" that isn't.

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Nobody needs AI to search the Internet, court says in ruling against Google [View all] highplainsdem 19 hrs ago OP

Wow, this is a great ruling. I hope it holds! SunSeeker 18 hrs ago #1

Outside of the issue of defamatory statements... reACTIONary 18 hrs ago #2

You can find them useful. Doesn't change the fact that AI isn't necessary for the task, which these companies are all Karasu 18 hrs ago #4

Nobody is forcing users to use AI.... reACTIONary 17 hrs ago #13

Um..yes, they are. "Scrolling down" doesn't change that. Companies forcing the use of AI goes MUCH farther than simple Karasu 17 hrs ago #17

Unless you check everything in the AI overview - every alleged fact, every quote, every source - you highplainsdem 18 hrs ago #5

It's not really that hard to check it out.... reACTIONary 17 hrs ago #12

LOL! In other words, you don't check. And it sounds as if you'd use AI overviews you hadn't bothered highplainsdem 15 hrs ago #31

If you look at a page from a "regular" web page search, do you.... reACTIONary 14 hrs ago #34

I've seen news stories including studies about the links in AI overviews often not actually leading highplainsdem 14 hrs ago #36

I'm focused on the value AI brings to .... reACTIONary 12 hrs ago #50

AI search on the internet is a parasite killing its host. There's no value in that. The errors make its highplainsdem 12 hrs ago #51

Well then, if that's the case, eventually..... reACTIONary 12 hrs ago #52

Of all the silly comparisons. Calculators would never have been widely used if they were as error-prone highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #57

I sometimes post AI search results here, and.... reACTIONary 11 hrs ago #58

The whopper is everything you've said suggesting people should trust AI results. Even AI companies highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #61

Not any less trustful than "the internet" itself..... reACTIONary 1 hr ago #67

Again, you're trusting AI summaries known to make mistakes. You're also choosing to use AI tools highplainsdem 58 min ago #69

Again, I've never accessed anything on the internet... reACTIONary 37 min ago #73

This message was self-deleted by its author Betty Boom 59 min ago #68

Thanks for your comments Betty Boom 47 min ago #71

You are welcome! Here on DU, even those who are a bit... reACTIONary 30 min ago #74

Unfortunately, I had quite an unpleasant experience to the contrary recently Betty Boom 22 min ago #75

The problem with AI overviews is that they're not reliable. ShazzieB 17 hrs ago #14

I think they are more reliable than some make them out to be.... reACTIONary 17 hrs ago #16

There are still whoppers aplenty. cab67 14 hrs ago #38

Plain search used to do that Cirsium 17 hrs ago #18

Your experience with "plain search" and with... reACTIONary 17 hrs ago #19

it isn't a matter of opinion Cirsium 17 hrs ago #20

It seems to be a subjective judgement to me.... reACTIONary 16 hrs ago #23

OK Cirsium 15 hrs ago #30

Wow! Thanks.... reACTIONary 15 hrs ago #32

Thank you Cirsium 11 hrs ago #60

I sometimes find them amusing. cab67 14 hrs ago #37

And you just admitted you have to wade through irrelevant junk... paleotn 13 hrs ago #42

Then one has to verify that it's not inaccurate slop GenThePerservering 12 hrs ago #46

How can you be sure what the agenda of the AI programmer is? Like an algorithm, it can steer us in the direction Martin68 8 min ago #78

We were able to do it just fine (in fact, better) BEFORE this immensely destructive shit came along. Karasu 18 hrs ago #3

Yes. Search was much better before. highplainsdem 18 hrs ago #6

The quality of their searches declined significantly. hunter 16 hrs ago #27

AI "search" Be Leave On 18 hrs ago #7

Profitable, because we are a post-literate society. SouthBayDem 11 hrs ago #56

Fuck Google! caballojm 18 hrs ago #8

DuckDuckGo has an AI, but they actually allow you to completely turn it off, and they have a version of their site that Karasu 17 hrs ago #10

Same here. paleotn 13 hrs ago #43

Everyone getting those commercials claiming we need a million data centers Bengus81 17 hrs ago #9

Here's what's wrong with the massive data centers ... FakeNoose 3 hrs ago #65

Their wanting to put one up around Garden City,Ks and it's projected water use Bengus81 2 hrs ago #66

Yes many of these data centers are going up in rural areas, and lack of zoning laws is a big reason FakeNoose 17 min ago #76

Kick dalton99a 17 hrs ago #11

I want to know how Progressive dog 17 hrs ago #15

I have not seen contradictions, but I think vanlassie 17 hrs ago #22

I have seen something worse than a contradiction. pnwmom 16 hrs ago #24

Yea that's bad. I would never accept personal info vanlassie 15 hrs ago #28

You could find it just as easily with a 'precisely composed query' GenThePerservering 12 hrs ago #47

I've been a heavy user of the internet for many years. vanlassie 10 hrs ago #62

Even more reprehensible... GiqueCee 17 hrs ago #21

Yes. People need to realize that every single writer, visual artist, photographer, singer, musician, highplainsdem 13 hrs ago #44

Nailed it! GiqueCee 12 hrs ago #45

It's human nature to expect the biggest reward for the lowest cost. SouthBayDem 12 hrs ago #53

So the AI bros ripping off the world's intellectual property is just human nature? highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #59

Republicans will pass a law making it illegal to restrict AI search Bobstandard 16 hrs ago #25

'Almost Intelligence' trains from anything it can find (within reason, supposedly) 3825-87867 16 hrs ago #26

"Imitation Intelligence" is a good name. hunter 15 hrs ago #29

It's pretty easy to tell if Republicans are lying!--- Jack Valentino 14 hrs ago #33

I call it a fancy shorthand for Anti-Intellectualism. SouthBayDem 11 hrs ago #54

I wish this was here. Figarosmom 14 hrs ago #35

I probably don't ask complicated questions, but I find the Google AI helpful Bluetus 14 hrs ago #40

I've asked about current news events Figarosmom 14 hrs ago #41

That's an astute judge. But it goes beyond that. Bluetus 14 hrs ago #39

This is something a lot of people don't understand GenThePerservering 12 hrs ago #49

I heard a good explanation the other day Bluetus 47 min ago #72

very insightful. that's why hallucinations will never go away altogether. nt scipan 11 hrs ago #55

People still use Google? It's a spy agency that sells your data. I stopped ages ago. usonian 12 hrs ago #48

Type -ai at the end of your search and you'll find out how little you need AI Bengus81 3 hrs ago #63

AI regurgitates a lot of garbage and presents itself as fact. Historic NY 3 hrs ago #64

AI Chatbots reviewed by Behind the Bastards ihaveaquestion 57 min ago #70

Google is using AI in the same way that using an algorithm produces search results that benefit advertisers. Martin68 12 min ago #77