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1. Wow, this is a great ruling. I hope it holds!

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Nobody needs AI to search the Internet, court says in ruling against Google [View all] highplainsdem 18 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 17 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 17 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 16 hrs ago #17

Unless you check everything in the AI overview - every alleged fact, every quote, every source - you highplainsdem 17 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 14 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 11 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 11 hrs ago #51

Well then, if that's the case, eventually..... reACTIONary 11 hrs ago #52

Of all the silly comparisons. Calculators would never have been widely used if they were as error-prone highplainsdem 10 hrs ago #57

I sometimes post AI search results here, and.... reACTIONary 10 hrs ago #58

The whopper is everything you've said suggesting people should trust AI results. Even AI companies highplainsdem 10 hrs ago #61

Not any less trustful than "the internet" itself..... reACTIONary 30 min ago #67

Again, you're trusting AI summaries known to make mistakes. You're also choosing to use AI tools highplainsdem 25 min ago #69

Again, I've never accessed anything on the internet... reACTIONary 5 min ago #73

This message was self-deleted by its author Betty Boom 27 min ago #68

Thanks for your comments Betty Boom 14 min ago #71

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 16 hrs ago #16

There are still whoppers aplenty. cab67 13 hrs ago #38

Plain search used to do that Cirsium 16 hrs ago #18

Your experience with "plain search" and with... reACTIONary 16 hrs ago #19

it isn't a matter of opinion Cirsium 16 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 14 hrs ago #32

Thank you Cirsium 10 hrs ago #60

I sometimes find them amusing. cab67 13 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

We were able to do it just fine (in fact, better) BEFORE this immensely destructive shit came along. Karasu 17 hrs ago #3

Yes. Search was much better before. highplainsdem 17 hrs ago #6

The quality of their searches declined significantly. hunter 15 hrs ago #27

AI "search" Be Leave On 17 hrs ago #7

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

Fuck Google! caballojm 17 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 2 hrs ago #65

Their wanting to put one up around Garden City,Ks and it's projected water use Bengus81 1 hr ago #66

Kick dalton99a 17 hrs ago #11

I want to know how Progressive dog 16 hrs ago #15

I have not seen contradictions, but I think vanlassie 16 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 16 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 11 hrs ago #53

So the AI bros ripping off the world's intellectual property is just human nature? highplainsdem 10 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 15 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 13 hrs ago #40

I've asked about current news events Figarosmom 13 hrs ago #41

That's an astute judge. But it goes beyond that. Bluetus 13 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 14 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 25 min ago #70