Do you think search results have become better or worse with the introduction of AI?
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@[email protected] While I do understand the sentiment, I think the problem with search has been more the ads than anything else
Things like the AI overviews are bad, but search has been more or less powered by AI for a while, it’s really just been this new bout of generative AI where they’re really saying it out loud
But even without that GenAI, search results have been getting significantly worse for a bit now
@[email protected] Beautiful
@[email protected] I use AI above search machines. 🤖
@[email protected] Difficult to say IMHO. I rarely use AI for search but apparently it happens in the background a lot. If I search for a specific thing it can get worse (interpreting for a different search phrase) or better (actually finding things). Dedicated AI searches are also a mixed bag. I have bad hallucinations as well as sources I was unable to find the traditional way.
@[email protected] , for me, the most visible parts when it comes to AI is the box at the top, where some answer is selected to be the best answer. This often gives a bad or inaccurate answer.
In addition to that are actual search results, that are AI generated. Often I will have to go down the list of search results to find what I was looking for. The AI generated results are pushing what I am looking for down on the list. Part of the issue is also that search engines are giving regency a big priority, which means that more static content will just disappear.
@[email protected] I mean, when AI search results talk about putting glue on pizza and eating a rock a day, you know things are off to a shaky start! 😂
@[email protected] Search results on “traditional” search engines are terrible. I use @[email protected] and I really like it, but AI helps me quickly find the right information when I know what I’m looking for but I don’t remember the exact solution. I don’t trust AI enough to ask it about critical things (e.g. health).
@[email protected] worse, but it’s indirect: AI has made the generation of SEO spam much more scalable than search engines’ ability to detect it.
@[email protected] Where’s the entry for “Much Much Worse”!!!
@[email protected] As for Google, I don’t see any difference in search results before or after AI was introduced. However, the AI-derived text that appears above the search results is annoying.
@[email protected] Only tried this on Brave Search. Was kinda useful with web references.
Surely you jest.
@[email protected] I think it depends on the search engine being used.
@[email protected] TBF they had started going to shit already a few years earlier, but AI has just made it worse.
@[email protected] About the same. Before, you had to do “topic site:reddit.com” to find results. These days, you just type in what you are searching and the AI just matter of factly regurgitates whatever someone else said on Reddit five years ago. #search #reddit #computer #linux
Linus Torvalds: 90% of AI marketing is hype
https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/29/linus_torvalds_ai_hype/?td=rt-3a
