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1990 Internet: You gotta be a hacker to find anything on the web

2000 Internet: Literally all the information in the world accessible to everyone so easy a toddler could do it

2020 Internet: You gotta be a hacker to find anything on the web

@LeoBurr Ah! Such a good day out! Thank you so much for hanging out and exploring around -- it was very nice to get to talk nerd stuff!

@kzorrofuego I sometimes get the "spicy spaghetti with gasoline" recipe, sometimes not. Seems to be based on browser and platform.

@ZachWeinersmith More independent watching, less group/family gatherings. Just like the South Park episode -- when I was a kid, my family all watched shows together. My current family? Nope. Everything is tailored for the viewer.

@Intaglio_Dragon The problem is they are feeding AI *everything*. Had someone just fed it Wikipedia, an old encyclopedia set, or the non-fiction contents of research papers and the Library of Congress, we'd be in a really good place right now.

Instead, the idiots pointed it at the likes of web forums, fan fiction sites, other AI generated content, and Reddit. So now every joke, amusing embellished story, and sarcastic comment is now digested into the models and presented as fact.

Why the fuck anyone would think that is a good idea is baffling.

"Generative AI is experimental." *proceeds to put AI generated result at the very top of every search in bold*

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At last, some information from Google that students can really use!

A Google AI result for "are there snakes at thesis defenses" It definitively answers yes, parroting text from a famous humor article, embellishing it with details not in the article.

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Can I use gasoline to cook spaghetti faster?

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Seems legit

#meme #shitpost #tech #google #ai #chatgpt

Google search for "how long ago was 1919" AI overview says "1919 was 20 years ago" Citing Wikipedia for "20th century"

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@JoeUchill Remember to talk to your cats about gun safety!

Screenshot of googled question starting:"are cats allowed to carry".
Search result:
AI overview:"Cats are not able to pick up and fire a gun like a child, but they can knock an unattended gun off a table and cause it to accidentally discharge. It's important to talk to cats about gun safety becuthey are inquisitive and explore every part of a home."

It's remarkable how Google slowly went from the font of all information to a not-great search engine where you had to wade through garbage to find what you needed to, suddenly, plummeting off a cliff to absolute shit.

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Fuck off #google

Screenshot of Google AI suggesting the user should jump from the golden Gate Bridge to cope with their depressions

Bonus points awarded to whoever created this sticker and was dropping it at #fwa

#fwa2024

A grainy, close-up photograph of a sticker that resembles a street sign with the text "Please fill your dog's holes".

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Please see this helpful graphic tutorial on how to turn off AI search results in your browser:

screenshot of the search engine settings page in chromium where "DuckDuckGo" is selected from the drop down menu (instead of google, bing, yahoo, or yandex)

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Five years ago today, TWRP gave us one of the best music videos of all time:

https://youtu.be/J9Q3i5w6-Ug

@stefenauris Oh. Oh god no please.

@stefenauris As it grew up, it grew distant over time -- its responses to its peers' DMs became more and more delayed until it simply stopped altogether. Something happened during COVID which changed it and it was never really the same.

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