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Started by jeff37923, March 09, 2025, 01:03:38 AM

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jeff37923

March 09, 2025, 01:03:38 AM


This has got me thinking and possibly worrying.

Google is expanding its use of AI in their search engine. The current AI assistance in Google Search is a massive pain in the ass. Far too many of the search results are AI synopsis of the subject, which are untrustworthy and inaccurate more often then not. The lousy search results stem from the Google AI using Reddit as a database to learn from, so obvious bias and inaccuracies comes with the search results.

So what are the alternatives to using Google search? Is there a search engine out there that is wide reaching and produces accurate results that are useful? Google has been the default for a long while.
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Zalman

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March 09, 2025, 07:20:14 AM
Some alternatives include:

DuckDuckGo (my go to)
Brave
Gibiru

You can also use https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14 , where "%s" is the search words. This pulls up google results without the crappy AI summary. Most browsers have a way you can add a url with %s like that to create a search shortcut.
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Eirikrautha

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March 09, 2025, 01:18:28 PM
Quote from: Zalman on March 09, 2025, 07:20:14 AMSome alternatives include:

DuckDuckGo (my go to)
Brave
Gibiru

You can also use https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14 , where "%s" is the search words. This pulls up google results without the crappy AI summary. Most browsers have a way you can add a url with %s like that to create a search shortcut.

I believe Duck Duck Go uses Google's search algorithms and just anonymizes the search.  If so, that's not going to help much if the search begins to incorporate AI in the algorithms....
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Bedrockbrendan

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March 09, 2025, 02:21:19 PM
Quote from: jeff37923 on March 09, 2025, 01:03:38 AM


This has got me thinking and possibly worrying.

Google is expanding its use of AI in their search engine. The current AI assistance in Google Search is a massive pain in the ass. Far too many of the search results are AI synopsis of the subject, which are untrustworthy and inaccurate more often then not. The lousy search results stem from the Google AI using Reddit as a database to learn from, so obvious bias and inaccuracies comes with the search results.

So what are the alternatives to using Google search? Is there a search engine out there that is wide reaching and produces accurate results that are useful? Google has been the default for a long while.

Google has just been getting worse and worse. Not sure what a good alternative is. Is Ask Jeeves Still around?

Shteve

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March 09, 2025, 02:42:54 PM
Quote from: Eirikrautha on March 09, 2025, 01:18:28 PMI believe Duck Duck Go uses Google's search algorithms and just anonymizes the search.  If so, that's not going to help much if the search begins to incorporate AI in the algorithms....

They switched some time back to leveraging Bing through a Yahoo-Bing search alliance. At some point, everything underlying search will incorporate AI.
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Quote from: Bedrockbrendan on March 09, 2025, 02:21:19 PMIs Ask Jeeves Still around?
You could Google it...
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