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15. I want to know how

Wed Jun 10, 2026, 05:55 PM

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to ban AI from my searches. In my opinion AI is completely untrustworthy. Often it contradicts itself multiple times in the same search.
Maybe this will force Google to let users choose if they want to be subjected to stupidity called AI.
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Nobody needs AI to search the Internet, court says in ruling against Google [View all] highplainsdem Yesterday OP

Wow, this is a great ruling. I hope it holds! SunSeeker Yesterday #1

Outside of the issue of defamatory statements... reACTIONary Yesterday #2

You can find them useful. Doesn't change the fact that AI isn't necessary for the task, which these companies are all Karasu Yesterday #4

Nobody is forcing users to use AI.... reACTIONary Yesterday #13

Um..yes, they are. "Scrolling down" doesn't change that. Companies forcing the use of AI goes MUCH farther than simple Karasu Yesterday #17

Unless you check everything in the AI overview - every alleged fact, every quote, every source - you highplainsdem Yesterday #5

It's not really that hard to check it out.... reACTIONary Yesterday #12

LOL! In other words, you don't check. And it sounds as if you'd use AI overviews you hadn't bothered highplainsdem Yesterday #31

If you look at a page from a "regular" web page search, do you.... reACTIONary 23 hrs ago #34

I've seen news stories including studies about the links in AI overviews often not actually leading highplainsdem 23 hrs ago #36

I'm focused on the value AI brings to .... reACTIONary 21 hrs ago #50

AI search on the internet is a parasite killing its host. There's no value in that. The errors make its highplainsdem 21 hrs ago #51

Well then, if that's the case, eventually..... reACTIONary 20 hrs ago #52

Of all the silly comparisons. Calculators would never have been widely used if they were as error-prone highplainsdem 20 hrs ago #57

I sometimes post AI search results here, and.... reACTIONary 19 hrs ago #58

The whopper is everything you've said suggesting people should trust AI results. Even AI companies highplainsdem 19 hrs ago #61

Not any less trustful than "the internet" itself..... reACTIONary 9 hrs ago #67

Again, you're trusting AI summaries known to make mistakes. You're also choosing to use AI tools highplainsdem 9 hrs ago #69

Again, I've never accessed anything on the internet... reACTIONary 9 hrs ago #73

This message was self-deleted by its author Betty Boom 9 hrs ago #68

Thanks for your comments Betty Boom 9 hrs ago #71

You are welcome! Here on DU, even those who are a bit... reACTIONary 9 hrs ago #74

Unfortunately, I had quite an unpleasant experience to the contrary recently Betty Boom 8 hrs ago #75

The problem with AI overviews is that they're not reliable. ShazzieB Yesterday #14

I think they are more reliable than some make them out to be.... reACTIONary Yesterday #16

There are still whoppers aplenty. cab67 23 hrs ago #38

Plain search used to do that Cirsium Yesterday #18

Your experience with "plain search" and with... reACTIONary Yesterday #19

it isn't a matter of opinion Cirsium Yesterday #20

It seems to be a subjective judgement to me.... reACTIONary Yesterday #23

OK Cirsium Yesterday #30

Wow! Thanks.... reACTIONary Yesterday #32

Thank you Cirsium 19 hrs ago #60

I sometimes find them amusing. cab67 23 hrs ago #37

And you just admitted you have to wade through irrelevant junk... paleotn 22 hrs ago #42

Then one has to verify that it's not inaccurate slop GenThePerservering 21 hrs ago #46

How can you be sure what the agenda of the AI programmer is? Like an algorithm, it can steer us in the direction Martin68 8 hrs ago #78

You make a very good point... reACTIONary 6 hrs ago #79

I, too, usually conduct searches about scientific and other "basic facts," and have found some of the AI summaries Martin68 4 hrs ago #80

We were able to do it just fine (in fact, better) BEFORE this immensely destructive shit came along. Karasu Yesterday #3

Yes. Search was much better before. highplainsdem Yesterday #6

The quality of their searches declined significantly. hunter Yesterday #27

AI "search" Be Leave On Yesterday #7

Profitable, because we are a post-literate society. SouthBayDem 20 hrs ago #56

Fuck Google! caballojm Yesterday #8

DuckDuckGo has an AI, but they actually allow you to completely turn it off, and they have a version of their site that Karasu Yesterday #10

Same here. paleotn 22 hrs ago #43

Everyone getting those commercials claiming we need a million data centers Bengus81 Yesterday #9

Here's what's wrong with the massive data centers ... FakeNoose 11 hrs ago #65

Their wanting to put one up around Garden City,Ks and it's projected water use Bengus81 10 hrs ago #66

Yes many of these data centers are going up in rural areas, and lack of zoning laws is a big reason FakeNoose 8 hrs ago #76

Kick dalton99a Yesterday #11

I want to know how Progressive dog Yesterday #15

I have not seen contradictions, but I think vanlassie Yesterday #22

I have seen something worse than a contradiction. pnwmom Yesterday #24

Yea that's bad. I would never accept personal info vanlassie Yesterday #28

You could find it just as easily with a 'precisely composed query' GenThePerservering 21 hrs ago #47

I've been a heavy user of the internet for many years. vanlassie 19 hrs ago #62

Even more reprehensible... GiqueCee Yesterday #21

Yes. People need to realize that every single writer, visual artist, photographer, singer, musician, highplainsdem 22 hrs ago #44

Nailed it! GiqueCee 21 hrs ago #45

It's human nature to expect the biggest reward for the lowest cost. SouthBayDem 20 hrs ago #53

So the AI bros ripping off the world's intellectual property is just human nature? highplainsdem 19 hrs ago #59

Republicans will pass a law making it illegal to restrict AI search Bobstandard Yesterday #25

'Almost Intelligence' trains from anything it can find (within reason, supposedly) 3825-87867 Yesterday #26

"Imitation Intelligence" is a good name. hunter Yesterday #29

It's pretty easy to tell if Republicans are lying!--- Jack Valentino 23 hrs ago #33

I call it a fancy shorthand for Anti-Intellectualism. SouthBayDem 20 hrs ago #54

I wish this was here. Figarosmom 23 hrs ago #35

I probably don't ask complicated questions, but I find the Google AI helpful Bluetus 22 hrs ago #40

I've asked about current news events Figarosmom 22 hrs ago #41

That's an astute judge. But it goes beyond that. Bluetus 23 hrs ago #39

This is something a lot of people don't understand GenThePerservering 21 hrs ago #49

I heard a good explanation the other day Bluetus 9 hrs ago #72

very insightful. that's why hallucinations will never go away altogether. nt scipan 20 hrs ago #55

People still use Google? It's a spy agency that sells your data. I stopped ages ago. usonian 21 hrs ago #48

Type -ai at the end of your search and you'll find out how little you need AI Bengus81 12 hrs ago #63

AI regurgitates a lot of garbage and presents itself as fact. Historic NY 12 hrs ago #64

AI Chatbots reviewed by Behind the Bastards ihaveaquestion 9 hrs ago #70

Google is using AI in the same way that using an algorithm produces search results that benefit advertisers. Martin68 8 hrs ago #77