Do you think search results have become better or worse with the introduction of AI?

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  • JoeBecomeTheSun@social.vivaldi.net
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    6 days ago

    @jon@vivaldi.net It depends, on one hand the ability to summarize multiple searh results is a neat feature that saves time, but on the other hand SEO spam has gotten worse.

    • Jon S. von Tetzchner@social.vivaldi.netOP
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      6 days ago

      @JoeBecomeTheSun@vivaldi.net

      My experience is that the summary is wrong or not accurate more often that not and clearly not the best answer. I have learned that trusting it for even the most basic of answers, such as which terminal a flight leaves from, to not be trustworthy.

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            3 days ago

            @jon@vivaldi.net Just because most consensus answer is at the top doesn’t mean it is true, only that the search engine recommended it. Ideally, a search engine will show you in order most relevant to least relevant. That is what a search engine is for and what it should do. If I search for something I should have a reasonable expectation that the content was ranked by some objective standard rather than a flimsy algorithm or human reviewer. I also have a reasonable expectation to not have porn and malware advertised to me, but Google doesn’t get the message.