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AI, in this case, refers to LLMs, GPT technology, and anything listed as "AI" meant to increase market valuations.
Yes, I'll just trust the AI to help me fuck around with grid voltage levels.
With google search results becoming so poor, I guess I need to look into kagi or duck-duck. Pain in my dick, motherless goatfucking, horsehit-happy asshole, corporate varmints gotta fuck it all up for more profit. I'm tired, yo.
My father just ruined some PCB while soldering because Gemini told him what to do.
I'm sure there's many more cases that are worse and we simply do not know about.
The days when YouTube had actual people in their cluttered garages, basements, and driveways showing you how to fix shit was good. Between the algorithm fucking it over and AI giving wrong info, we’re likely going to win some Darwin awards en masse, around the house.
I’ve tried it. It’s good for plucking out game solutions (low risk), and finding the right forum for That Linux Workaround. Or just parroting Wiki.
Catch it in a wrong answer and it will answer just as confidently, agreeing that it was wrong. And yet.
And we’re destroying homes and the life equity of working class for this.
To be fair YouTube was full of bullshit DIY videos too. You used to be able to see which ones got lots of downvotes for being bad…but nah, let’s not show that to people anymore
Yes, I’ll just trust the AI to help me fuck around with grid voltage levels.
I mean, if you do... you kinda deserve what comes to you.
This assumes people know how AI works, and that's not common knowledge.
no.
these things are sold to us as magical black boxes of universal knowledge. most people don’t know how they work.
blame the ai companies, not the people who fall prey to their lies. why does this have to be said. come on.
The AI CEOs should be forced to follow some dangerous procedure exactly as explained by their shit planet-killing product live for all to see. If they're confident this is the future, they should set the example.
I would rather have them held accountable in the same way that any news outlet or publisher would be held accountable for publishing false information that could have deadly consequences.
It's only a matter of time before a fifth-grader follows some inane advice because it was the first result from Google and is irreversibly maimed because of it.
Where are all the Helen Lovejoy types when we can actually use them?
It’s only a matter of time before a fifth-grader follows some inane advice because it was the first result from Google and is irreversibly maimed because of it.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/us/openai-chatgpt-suicide-lawsuit-invs-vis
I think we're already there in many aspects
forget about just being outright wrong all the fucking time, you can ask this piece of shit a very simple yes/no question and it will change its answer constantly when you do so much as refresh the page. its actually baffling to me. duckduckgo has search ai, and somehow theirs works fine enough %90 of the time and won't change its answer with each page refresh. DDG is doing search ai better than Google, the third biggest company in the world who may as well own the internet, AND YOU CAN JUST TURN THE DDG AI OFF. Big tech are so embarrassingly incompetent.
Just switch your search engine already.
Pain in my dick, motherless goatfucking, horsehit-happy asshole, corporate varmints
Off topic, but that's a nice spattering of invective you got there, OP. Well done. I genuinely appreciate a well-crafted compound insult.
I don't use Google and I agree with the energy. But every electrical product I've ever purchased has come with a manual, which gives all of the safety information.
So I guess read your manuals and don't go rage searching on Google
Until you lose your manual and need to look up the information online, hoping to find the manual or relevant info you are first presented with this.
lots of people wont search any further than the AI summary.
Recommendation - if you are using AI for search, avoid whatever Google is using for "Google" search. It is a highly efficient, fast model that is often far from accurate and easily confused - not to mention its context window is extremely limited.
In fairness to AI, I personally wouldn't trust forum posts on this subject matter either, only written documentation or a professional.
Only trust the data sheet from the manufacturer. Only if listed in compliance with your use case. Trust nothing else. All other options will kill you
Duckduck with ai turned off is pretty decent.
IronFox has a DuckDuckGo (No AI) mode.
noai.duck.com You can use it in any browser
when will they be held liable for this shit?
That's the neat thing: never, because they explicitly tell you that big babble machines make mistakes and you're responsible for any actions you take on that.
Have a look at this project - Degoog.
I'm self-hosting mine but there are public instances as well. I find it to be pretty impressive and the lead developer seems like a super dude.
Related: https://llmdeathcount.com/
Sad to say, but this is a lot lower than I expected? Although I'm sure a vast majority of cases will never make it here.
I'm sure it's pretty hard to confirm. Especially for indirect causation or partial contributing factors.
Yes, let me ask the computer voices about physical reality. Don't use AI. If you're going to anyway, leave it to the only domain it can interact with. It doesn't know shit.
I prefer to have the AI overviews and such off with uBlock. AI should be separate from search engines, and should also be regulated.
Of course! Why not?! Just tell people information that could KILL THEM! I am sure that has not happened before... right guys? Right? RIGHT?! AI is out of control and needs to be regulated. How many people have destroyed their stuff or died trusting AI? G-D only knows... oh my.
Kagi is great. I have realized that I prefer that I’m paying with my money instead of my personal information to use it.
And I was able to use their free tier pretty effectively for awhile, until I got to the point where I was consistently exceeding the free monthly searches. Plus I feel good supporting them.
I'm also a kagi user and I think the service they provide is good.
I would say that paying for a service cannot always save you. Any public company cannot deny 2 revenue streams and it doesn't take long before they will take your money and sell your data.
You can pay Google for YouTube but they still harvest your data.
That’s a good qualification. Not all paid services are inherently good.
So far, Kagi seems to be. But remain suspicious!