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I really wish Google had some kind of global “I don’t want any identifiably AI-generated content hitting my retinas, ever” checkbox. Too much to ask, surely.
by FeteCommuniste 1y ago
I really wish Google had some kind of global “I don’t want any identifiably AI-generated content hitting my retinas, ever” checkbox.
Too much to ask, surely.
- Spivak 1y agoYou hear a faint whisper from the alleyway: you should try Kagi. I know it's the HN darling and is probably talked about too much already but it doesn't have this problem. The only AI stuff is if you specifically ask for it which in your case would be never. And unlike Google where you are at the whims of the algorithm you can punish (or just block) AI garbage sites that SEO their way into the organic results. And a global toggle to block AI images.
- derefr 1y agoThat'd be a bit like expecting Five Guys to cook you something vegetarian. Google are an AI company at this point. If you don't want AI touching your "food", use a search engine not run by an AI company.
- dgfitz 1y agoPretty big fan of Five Guys fries if I do say myself.
- bryanrasmussen 1y agovegetable oil? You sure?
- haiku2077 1y agoThey use peanut oil for their fries.
- bryanrasmussen 1y agoOK fair enough. Those Five guys have outwitted me again!!
- dgfitz 1y agoNo, they didn't. You just didn't do the homework. I don't blame you, this is pervasive on the internet, regardless of hn karma score.
- haiku2077 1y agoFive Guys will happily serve you a veggie sandwich or a grilled cheese, with a side of fries cooked in peanut oil.
- CamperBob2 1y agoThat's just Google Maps being Google Maps, as anyone who has used them since 2005 can tell you. I can see a bright future in blaming things on AI that have nothing to do with AI, at least on here.
- brookst 1y agoWell my dog died and that never happened before AI.
- nullc 1y agoIn 2005 or 2006 google maps gave me directions that would have gotten me a ticket (I know because I'd previously gotten a ticket by accidentally taking the same route). I emailed. A human responded back and thanked me, and they corrected the behavior. Many things have changed since then.
- michaelcampbell 1y agoCurious what the situation is that would have given you a ticket for taking a particular route; was it a legal "no through traffic" or going the wrong way down a 1-way street? How does the police force distinguish between a map route and people randomly bumbling there? Were there signs that were ignored?
- nullc 1y agoIn Herndon, VA near dulles airport there is a toll road that extends into DC. However, if you enter the toll road from the airport you get into special divided lanes that are toll-free for traffic to/from the airport. (Or at least there was two decades ago) I got a ticket that way once when I was visiting because I only knew how to get back to my hotel from the airport so I drove to the airport then to the hotel-- and I guess the police watch for people looping through the airport to avoid the tolls. In my case I wasn't aware of the weird toll/no-toll thing-- I was just lost and more concerned with finding my hotel than the posted 'no through traffic' signs. Later, after moving to VA, I noticed google maps was explicitly routing trips from near the airport to other places to take a loop through the airport to minimize toll costs which would have been quite clever if it weren't prohibited.
- Dotnaught 1y agoYou can append -ai to your searches to omit AI Overview replies. It's not enough but it's something.
- daveguy 1y agoIf they just put a checkbox by the search bar that keeps state, I wonder what percent would uncheck it.
- markovs_gun 1y agoI think you'd be surprised at how many users don't click on any settings whatsoever regardless of what they do.
- gambiting 1y agoJust add "fucking" to the end of your query and that works too.
- benrapscallion 1y agoIt’s called kagi.com
- arrowsmith 1y agoTangential but I just went to Kagi.com to check their pricing and I was astonished to see that: - The "Monthly" option is selected by default. - If you click "Yearly", it tells you the actual full yearly price without dividing it by 12. That's so rare and refreshing that I'm tempted to sign up just out of respect.
- conception 1y agoand if you stop using it for a little while they just paused your account automatically.
- adastra22 1y agoWhoa. That’s amazing!
- hunter-gatherer 1y agoI've been using kagi maybe a year now, and it is great. I know it is great because every so often I jump on someone else's computer for a task and have to search so.ething and I'm completely overwhelemed by what comes up.
- cuu508 1y agoUnfortunately Kagi partners with Yandex https://kagifeedback.org/d/5445-reconsider-yandex-integration-due-to-the-geopolitical-status-quo/19 https://kagifeedback.org/d/5445-reconsider-yandex-integratio...
- bboygravity 1y agoYandex, the only search engine that doesn't censor searches for torrents.
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- bee_rider 1y agoAlso a “don’t spread AI generated lies about my business” would be good.
- sneak 1y agoA few libel lawsuits ought to do, no?
- bee_rider 1y agoI think it has to be an intentional lie and intended to harm, in the US at least (but don’t trust me on that!). If nothing else it would be interesting to see how it goes!
- jeltz 1y agoOther countries have stricter libel laws and willful disregard of the truth is often enough for it to be libel.
- bryanrasmussen 1y agoas a general rule I think, given the stronger requirements about defamation (because of freedom of speech), that this is not the way to go. https://medium.com/luminasticity/argument-ai-and-defamation-e37da1b47423 https://medium.com/luminasticity/argument-ai-and-defamation-...
- NekkoDroid 1y agohttps://udm14.com/ https://udm14.com/ (google search with ?udm=14)
- aethertap 1y agoI just wanted to drop in and thank you for posting this. I'd never heard of it, and seeing a plain page of actual web results was almost a visceral relief from irritation I wasn't even aware of.
- sitkack 1y agoYou should try youtube logged out. Really.
- ThatMedicIsASpy 1y agoThat is just a black screen and a search bar. https://imgur.com/a/VFoWEmN https://imgur.com/a/VFoWEmN
- sitkack 1y agoRight, now search for anything and let the AI slop flow in. Youtube is like the Pacific gyre of AI slop. Make sure the ad blockers are off, enjoy the raw beauty of the modern internet.
- tobyhinloopen 1y agoDon't use Google
- ninalanyon 1y agoJust stop using Google.
- A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 1y agoIt would have come in handy yesterday. Entire webpage full of 'dynamically generated content'. The issue was not the content. The issue was that whoever prepared it, did not consider failing gracefully so when the prompt failed, it just showed raw prompt as opposed to the information it could not locate. But I suppose that is better than outright making stuff up.
- dkarl 1y agoCustomers get to ask for things. You aren't the customer.