Comment on The AI Backlash Is Here: Why Backlash Against Gemini, Sora, ChatGPT Is Spreading in 2025 - Newsweek

• CandleTiger@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Try to find a big rig truck wash near your location on Google maps. I cannot. Only 57 million car washes and no way to filter them out.

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  • bold_atlas@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s because pickups and bigrigs are the same things now.

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• Soggy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  When I was in grade school we had multiple lessons on using Boolean search terms to find useful information. Google-fu used to mean something.

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  • MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    When I was in grade school we loaded up Logo and wrote scripts to make the turtle do abstract art.

    is old

    >_>

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• Routhinator@startrek.website ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Don’t use Google. DDG works with keyword searches and you get exactly what you expect.

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  • MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I do use DDG as my default. I was using “googling” for the sake of making a witty remark. Even so, the results are usually comparable - the first couple dozen results are mostly AI/SEO slop.

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    • Routhinator@startrek.website ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oh, go to your DDG options and turn the AI slop off.

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      • EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Also add “-AI” without the quotes to the end of your search. Booleans still work with DDG at least, I don’t know if they do on Google anymore.

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