In my experience at least, there has not once been an instance where an LLM was able to find answers on Reddit more reliably than I could, and I've been using LLMs since before ChatGPT was even a thing. (though granted, most web-search compatible LLMs came later on)
I think it will probably be better than the average user, since a lot of people simply aren't that great at using search engines very effectively in the first place, but I wouldn't call the answers "practically impossible to find."
The problem is, it's not unobtrusive.
When I right click and I instantly get an option silently added to the list that sends data to an AI model hosted somewhere, which I've accidentally clicked due to muscle memory, it's not good just because there's also the option there to disable it. When I start up my browser after an update and I am instantly given an open sidebar asking me to pick an AI model to use, that's obtrusive and annoying to have to close and disable.
Mozilla has indicated they do not want to make these features opt-in, but opt-out. The majority of Mozilla users do not want these features by default, so the logical option is to make them solely opt-in. But Mozilla isn't doing that. Mozilla is enabling features by default, without consent, then only taking them away when you tell them to stop.
The approach Mozilla is taking is like if you told a guy you weren't interested in dating him, but instead of taking that as a "no." he took it as a "try again with a different pickup line in 2 weeks" and never, ever stopped no matter what you tried. It doesn't matter that you can tell him to go away now if he'll just keep coming back.
Mozilla does not understand consent, and they are violating the consent of their users every time they push an update including AI features that are opted-in by default.
Because google only pays Mozilla because of:
They don't want Mozilla to compete in any AI space, because there's already a ton of competition in the AI space given how much money gets thrown around, so they don't benefit from anti-monopoly efforts, and there's so many models that they don't benefit from search dominance in the AI space. They'd much rather have Mozilla stay a non-AI browser while they get to implement AI features and show shareholders that they're "the most advanced" of them all, or that "nobody else is doing it like we do".
WE. DON'T. WANT. THIS.
Mozilla, for the love of god, stop cramming AI into the browser when the vast majority of your users just want a privacy-respecting browser that works.
I've said it before, and I've said it again: I will not donate any more money to the Mozilla foundation until they stop cramming AI into everything, and you should too.
our elected representatives refuse to do their jobs
This is under a post about elected representatives quite literally doing their jobs and suing corporations for doing this.
They might be couching it in language about it all being because of the "Chinese Communist Party surveilling Americans", but they're still trying to stop the practice.
the onus is on the user to protect themselves.
It's good when users can protect themselves. It's easy to forget that these companies design their products specifically to make people set them up how the manufacturer wants, and not all of them will even work without being connected to the internet.
The average person is not technically literate whatsoever. You're telling people to take personal responsibility for their privacy when they barely know how any technology works, and are surrounded by corporations who's budgets go towards finding new ways to convince people to give up their privacy in the most effective ways.
Every time I buy any piece of technology, seeing "smart" in the title makes me immediately look for something else.
I want a label printer. Not something that only works with a mobile app, not something that requires proprietary drivers and doesn't work on my OS, not something that can only be used with your specific software, not one that requires your labels with a special NFC tag to use, just a label printer that is just as compatible as any regular printer.
I ended up paying about a 5X premium compared to alternatives on the market for that, and I would do it again.
SO fucking true. I feel like it's actually impossible to even find foods with enough fiber in them in the first place. I might only get 5% of my daily fiber from a full meal, but at least my Snickers bar has 20g of protein in it for some reason.
We always somehow manage to focus on the wrong things.
I'm sorry for being a bit too much but you don't know what I'm going and you just have not to do it because I didn't have the money money money money money money money money money money money
I like how the URL listed beneath the Delta logo (https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/5/10/18564745/delta-anti-union-video-game-poster) just goes to a site with fake statistics and SEO slop now.
"near me in USA"
"Looking for services near you? Find reliable and experienced in the USA."
"15000+ Services Provider"
"Professional services Near Me"
etc, etc.
THANK YOU. I HAVE ALWAYS HAD A LARGE AMBITION TO CONSUME 2,496,266 CORNDOGS. I HAVE ALREADY EATEN 5. AT THIS RATE, I WILL BE FINISHED IN 56 YEARS. DO NOT WORRY, THERE ARE MANY PRESERVATIVES.
True. I've found DuckDuckGo to still be pretty good though, especially for forum searches, at least in my experience.
I use Kagi now, which is even better, for me at least, but that's paid and I know most people aren't gonna shell out money every month for a search engine.