It’s because people thinks AI is like those in the movies (cause it’s been advertised so, too), omniscient and infallible. A short while ago I overheard a “imagine, even the AI didn’t know it!” which normally would be “Your search didn’t return any results”.
AI slop has just accelerated the downfall of search engines.
Attention based economy, advertising and SEO are the reason you can’t find anything useful anymore.
The Internet itself is broken and even if there was a good search engine it would struggle to not suffocate in the seo crap out there.
Kagi is great but paid and some people have feeling about then using yandex.
There are so many solutions. People are lazy and keep using trash Google that doesnt even work. People ask me how in the world I find things. Because I am literate and I know how to use a computer. Its not hard guys.
Search engines have peaked in early 2010s and hav been deteriorating ever since, becoming virtually unusable since ~2020.
Seriously, google has become unusabe without adding “site:reddit.com” to almost every search. I would like to see something like Perplexity be compared to a proper search engine - if it existed.
Is this because LLMs are getting better, or because search engines are getting worse?
Because they are definitely getting worse. I get redirected to a brand new slopsite daily.
It’s because people thinks AI is like those in the movies (cause it’s been advertised so, too), omniscient and infallible. A short while ago I overheard a “imagine, even the AI didn’t know it!” which normally would be “Your search didn’t return any results”.
AI slop has just accelerated the downfall of search engines. Attention based economy, advertising and SEO are the reason you can’t find anything useful anymore. The Internet itself is broken and even if there was a good search engine it would struggle to not suffocate in the seo crap out there.
At this point, I am willing to pay a subscription for a search engine if it’s ad-free and shows me what I’m looking for.
Kagi, searxng, startpage, ddg if lazy…
Kagi is great but paid and some people have feeling about then using yandex.
There are so many solutions. People are lazy and keep using trash Google that doesnt even work. People ask me how in the world I find things. Because I am literate and I know how to use a computer. Its not hard guys.
Kagi sounds like what I’m looking for. Will consider it. Thanks for the information!
Search engines have peaked in early 2010s and hav been deteriorating ever since, becoming virtually unusable since ~2020.
Seriously, google has become unusabe without adding “site:reddit.com” to almost every search. I would like to see something like Perplexity be compared to a proper search engine - if it existed.
everything peaked in the 2010s ;)
I agree with the concern for Reddit in responses. Many times include the shit posts.
I never said llm’s or generative ai is good. I was talking about post just being wishfull thinking.