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Search Engines are not designed to give you the truth. They are designed to give you the result you wanted to find. The linked article is a good example: the
by rhelz 3y ago
Search Engines are not designed to give you the truth. They are designed to give you the result you wanted to find.
The linked article is a good example: the author was looking for a result from Bing which they could write a florid article about, and Bing obliged.
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- ajsnigrutin 3y ago> They are designed to give you the result you wanted to find. This is not true anymore... they're designed to give you the result that their paying customers want you to find. Even if that means that most of the search results are irrelevant to what you wanted to find.
- 29athrowaway 3y agoThat is right. If you search for tarot or astrology, it will send you to the websites that are the most relevant given those search terms, instead of showing you authoritative content from scientists or scholars telling you it's false.
- hunter2_ 3y agoThis is an interesting case. While dangerous false information (such as vaccine misinformation) does get effectively replaced with truth, not-generally-dangerous false information doesn't, and that's probably a very good thing. It would be an interesting option to make available to users, especially with generative stuff if possible.