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I’ve used DuckduckGo for at least a decade. When they started embedding their little AI summary thing at the top of the chat I knew it was coming. But recently, it seems when I search anything I get tons of the same slop, SEO pumped, AI generated info pages. There was a time when I would at least stumble upon an old HTML article from a university or something. Everything sucks now. Do they even make encyclopedia books anymore?

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[–] lilypad@hexbear.net 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How is this a conspiracy theory? Google literally made search worse to boost ad revenue. Why wouldnt engines do the same for their "gonna replace everyone and everything" llm?

[–] Enjoyer_of_Games@hexbear.net 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's a conspiracy theory in the sense Operation Condor is; well documented fact openly admitted to by the culprits but if you tell this to a normal person they will think that you're insane.

[–] lilypad@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago

Normal people are strange and disconnected from reality shrug-outta-hecks