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Is it just me or do all search engines feel soooo bad these days? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by MTK@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Huh...Can't replicate that claim (though I would believe it happening)

On the 20th Sep. I asked my Google Home if it would be raining.
It responded that it would rain. I asked when it would rain.
Home responded with "Today it won't rain."

Like what? 5 seconds ago you said it would. No weather report reports rain. Where did you get the first response from??
And I could even replicate it (have it on video)

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

I can’t get it to repeat it either but it was definitely an ai auto response thing from google ai overview or whatever it’s called