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

Wed Jun 10, 2026, 09:28 PM

10 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 16 hrs ago OP

Wow, this is a great ruling. I hope it holds! SunSeeker 15 hrs ago #1

Outside of the issue of defamatory statements... reACTIONary 15 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 15 hrs ago #4

Nobody is forcing users to use AI.... reACTIONary 14 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 14 hrs ago #17

Unless you check everything in the AI overview - every alleged fact, every quote, every source - you highplainsdem 15 hrs ago #5

It's not really that hard to check it out.... reACTIONary 14 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 12 hrs ago #31

If you look at a page from a "regular" web page search, do you.... reACTIONary 11 hrs ago #34

I've seen news stories including studies about the links in AI overviews often not actually leading highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #36

I'm focused on the value AI brings to .... reACTIONary 9 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 9 hrs ago #51

Well then, if that's the case, eventually..... reACTIONary 9 hrs ago #52

Of all the silly comparisons. Calculators would never have been widely used if they were as error-prone highplainsdem 8 hrs ago #57

I sometimes post AI search results here, and.... reACTIONary 8 hrs ago #58

The whopper is everything you've said suggesting people should trust AI results. Even AI companies highplainsdem 8 hrs ago #61

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

I think they are more reliable than some make them out to be.... reACTIONary 14 hrs ago #16

There are still whoppers aplenty. cab67 11 hrs ago #38

Plain search used to do that Cirsium 14 hrs ago #18

Your experience with "plain search" and with... reACTIONary 14 hrs ago #19

it isn't a matter of opinion Cirsium 14 hrs ago #20

It seems to be a subjective judgement to me.... reACTIONary 13 hrs ago #23

OK Cirsium 12 hrs ago #30

Wow! Thanks.... reACTIONary 12 hrs ago #32

Thank you Cirsium 8 hrs ago #60

I sometimes find them amusing. cab67 11 hrs ago #37

And you just admitted you have to wade through irrelevant junk... paleotn 10 hrs ago #42

Then one has to verify that it's not inaccurate slop GenThePerservering 9 hrs ago #46

We were able to do it just fine (in fact, better) BEFORE this immensely destructive shit came along. Karasu 15 hrs ago #3

Yes. Search was much better before. highplainsdem 15 hrs ago #6

The quality of their searches declined significantly. hunter 13 hrs ago #27

AI "search" Be Leave On 15 hrs ago #7

Profitable, because we are a post-literate society. SouthBayDem 8 hrs ago #56

Fuck Google! caballojm 15 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 14 hrs ago #10

Same here. paleotn 10 hrs ago #43

Everyone getting those commercials claiming we need a million data centers Bengus81 14 hrs ago #9

Here's what's wrong with the massive data centers ... FakeNoose 25 min ago #65

Kick dalton99a 14 hrs ago #11

I want to know how Progressive dog 14 hrs ago #15

I have not seen contradictions, but I think vanlassie 14 hrs ago #22

I have seen something worse than a contradiction. pnwmom 13 hrs ago #24

Yea that's bad. I would never accept personal info vanlassie 12 hrs ago #28

You could find it just as easily with a 'precisely composed query' GenThePerservering 9 hrs ago #47

I've been a heavy user of the internet for many years. vanlassie 7 hrs ago #62

Even more reprehensible... GiqueCee 14 hrs ago #21

Yes. People need to realize that every single writer, visual artist, photographer, singer, musician, highplainsdem 10 hrs ago #44

Nailed it! GiqueCee 9 hrs ago #45

It's human nature to expect the biggest reward for the lowest cost. SouthBayDem 9 hrs ago #53

So the AI bros ripping off the world's intellectual property is just human nature? highplainsdem 8 hrs ago #59

Republicans will pass a law making it illegal to restrict AI search Bobstandard 13 hrs ago #25

'Almost Intelligence' trains from anything it can find (within reason, supposedly) 3825-87867 13 hrs ago #26

"Imitation Intelligence" is a good name. hunter 12 hrs ago #29

It's pretty easy to tell if Republicans are lying!--- Jack Valentino 11 hrs ago #33

I call it a fancy shorthand for Anti-Intellectualism. SouthBayDem 9 hrs ago #54

I wish this was here. Figarosmom 11 hrs ago #35

I probably don't ask complicated questions, but I find the Google AI helpful Bluetus 11 hrs ago #40

I've asked about current news events Figarosmom 11 hrs ago #41

That's an astute judge. But it goes beyond that. Bluetus 11 hrs ago #39

This is something a lot of people don't understand GenThePerservering 9 hrs ago #49

very insightful. that's why hallucinations will never go away altogether. nt scipan 8 hrs ago #55

People still use Google? It's a spy agency that sells your data. I stopped ages ago. usonian 9 hrs ago #48

Type -ai at the end of your search and you'll find out how little you need AI Bengus81 59 min ago #63

AI regurgitates a lot of garbage and presents itself as fact. Historic NY 45 min ago #64