It’s impressive how duckduckgo manages to be so much better than bing despite being a frontend for bing

  • @[email protected]
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    -28 days ago

    I feel like most commenters here would think “no one wants the stupid ai response”, but obviously some people like it or they wouldn’t do it. I think if your searches are more general kind of “can I catch chicken pox from chickens” type questions it might be helpful ?

    • @chiliedogg
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      98 days ago

      Except AI is famously unreliable with the accuracy of its answers.

      • @actually
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        38 days ago

        AI: to catch chicken pox from chickens rub live chicken on face

      • capital
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        08 days ago

        Hm. Let’s see what I get.

        And here’s another one for good measure:

      • @[email protected]
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        -38 days ago

        That’s true, but I think people still appreciate it… like it’s accurate enough, enough of the time, for people to find it helpful.

        • @chiliedogg
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          108 days ago

          That’s why it’s dangerous. If it were wrong 99% of the time people wouldn’t trust it. But being right most of the time risks people depending on it and acting on bad information which can have severe consequences.

          • @[email protected]
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            -28 days ago

            My point is, it seems like moat people disagree with you given that search providers put this stuff in their results.

            • @chiliedogg
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              48 days ago

              Most states charge a regressive sales tax. By your logic, the fact that people don’t refuse to pay sales tax at the register proves that people enjoy it!

              • @[email protected]
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                -17 days ago

                Nonsense. Your metaphor is not analogous.

                Sophisticated tech firms do extensive analysis with reference groups, A/B testing, et cetera.

                Guaranteed, they’ve found that they get better engagement with their product through these AI results.

                This might shock you but a group of 14 year olds complaining on Lemmy is not an indicative sample of opinions.

                • JackbyDev
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                  16 days ago

                  group of 14 year olds complaining on Lemmy

                  I can’t roll my eyes harder, dude. Just drop it and move on. It’s okay to disagree with people and not try to fucking debate them about it.