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this post was submitted on 07 May 2025
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The thing LLMs can effectively replace is Google search (and other search engines). Microsoft is shoving copilot down your throat because shoving Bing up your ass was harder when it was already full of other shit.
we’ve all seen how well LLMs replace Google search and the product’s fucking unusable
The thing LLMs can effectively replace is Google search (and other search engines).
This statement is true on zero known planets.
It's better than google for a lot of searches. That is until whatever AI platform you are using enshitifies.
who in the fuck do you think you’re fooling. all of us have used LLMs for search, not by choice. it’s a garbage technology for that use case (and every other use case) and it didn’t take enshittification for it to get there — it is the enshittification.
Well if you've used something like sesame on your phone: https://www.sesame.com/research/crossing_the_uncanny_valley_of_voice#demo
Imagine that but with the ability to create videos and diagrams, and it creates them as a response to followup questions about the information provided. That may not replace search but its definitely replacing teachers, and a lot of what people are searching for, it will be the closest thing to a mind meld we have for sharing information.
it will be the closest thing to a mind meld we have for sharing information.
Sorry, the only people who get to talk about mind melds are the authors of Kirk/Spock erotica. I don't make the rules.
... Wait, I'm a mod. I do make the rules!
to quote the new pope: holy christ shut the fuck up
I hear the youths are using ChatGPT like we used Google when we were their age, but they must be way better than I am, because when I ask it things I don't already know, sometimes it gives me truth and sometimes lies.
The scary part is people aren't caring about the difference.
It is used in combination with Google. You ask ChatGPT what to Google for.
I imagine it’s paying a premium for issue
It's not care. Its want. We don't want AI.
FR I think more people actively dislike it, which is a form of care.
Whenever I ask random people who are not on IT, they either don't know about it or they love it.
Depends on the implementation.
Just about everyone I know loves how iPhones can take a picture and readily identify a plant or animal. That's actually delightful. Some AI tech is great.
Now put an LLM chatbox where people expect a search box, and see what happens... yeah that shit sucks.
It sucks at identification too
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