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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by MTK@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

I suspect that this is the direct result of AI generated content just overwhelming any real content.

I tried ddg, google, bing, quant, and none of them really help me find information I want these days.

Perplexity seems to work but I don't like the idea of AI giving me "facts" since they are mostly based on other AI posts

ETA: someone suggested SearXNG and after using it a bit it seems to be much better compared to ddg and the rest.

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[-] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 week ago

Its not AIs fault, its advertising based SEOs fault. Search has been broken for years for many topics.

[-] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

And the AI is trained on the shitty search results. It just parses them many times faster than a human reader can, which does at least make it better at getting to the fucking point. Once paid advertising is fully integrated with LLM, it will be as shitty and useless as traditional search. And then the entire world will collectively hop to the next trend so it can get hyper-monetized/enshittified, too.

[-] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Exactly. LLM makes you do the same stupid shit, but faster and with more intensity.

[-] Soup@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 week ago
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