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Google search had gotten so bad the AI overview is passable in comparison. They don't deserve credit for that! Search was better at getting useful information f
by ajkjk 2y ago
Google search had gotten so bad the AI overview is passable in comparison. They don't deserve credit for that! Search was better at getting useful information fifteen years ago than it does now. (And yes, the internet is way more full of garbage now--but they did that, they are responsible for that too!)
... unless you want anything like a perspective or an opinion on something, instead of a factual answer to a question, in which case it's totally useless.
- jayd16 2y agoWhy do we think the AI is any better? Isn't it based on the same dataset as search? How can it be anything but strictly worse for any given query?
- ajkjk 2y agoEr.. I used it and that's what I thought? Search goes out of its way to hide why I want and show me bullshit shopping ads and influencer videos. The overview at least tries to help. For now. But I will emphasize: it's still not that helpful, it's just less corrupted than the main body results are... so far.