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    3 months ago

    Happens a lot more when the search engine prioritizes SEO farms and random sponsored shit.

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      3 months ago

      It’s the biggest reason why I use chat gpt. I could search across the web for all sorts of unrelated shit. Or I could get a chatbot to spit out a 90% correct answer and fix the last 10%

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        The majority of why people are finding LLMs useful is that they respond to questions without ad-ridden bullshit. Eventually someone will figure out how to riddle them with ads and they too will become useless.

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            ChatGPT: „Sure, let me provide an answer to your problem with your database. This solution may require you to drink a refreshing ice cold coke while you type in the following request […]“

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          (Integrated) Copilot already does it. Me: “Question”. Copilot: “Answer, and here’s half a dozen ads for that thing”.

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      Been starting to infect Reddit as well in the past couple of years, so the old trick of just adding Reddit to a query is no longer helpful.

      God forbid I want to see normal peoples’ opinions on what the best [blank] is.

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        3 months ago

        Best blanks in 2024 - we rated all* the best blanks click here to read.

        *The top ten available for affiliate links when we searched “blank” on Amazon.

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        3 months ago

        “site:reddit.com” still gives me better answers than plain goolag…

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      Serious. Even in the last few months search engines have become total shit. I do a search I’ve done before, looking for a common issue, and the answer is gone to the aether. Both Bing and Google are absolute horse shit. Tried others and yielded the same results.