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Is it just me or do all search engines feel soooo bad these days? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I suspect that this is the direct result of AI generated content just overwhelming any real content.

I tried ddg, google, bing, quant, and none of them really help me find information I want these days.

Perplexity seems to work but I don't like the idea of AI giving me "facts" since they are mostly based on other AI posts

ETA: someone suggested SearXNG and after using it a bit it seems to be much better compared to ddg and the rest.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Brave has their own search. There is also meta searches such as metager, searx and mojeek. I hope more search engines enter the market

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

Funnily enough I've found using an LLM to parce the data, then cross checking it's source as well as my own sources to be superior to previous searches.

It's annoying to change the way you just mindlessly search, but if you're upset by it just mindlessly search, end of discussion.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago

I use brave search. I can generally find most things. They even have an answer with ai thing that gives some useful stuff when you want a specific quick answer.

I also use ddg.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I just use chatGPT to search now. I have a super-prompt in its memory telling it how to search and to cite sources and provide links and it is so much better than Google even though it's using AI, too.

*The future is now, old men!

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 months ago (8 children)

I don't honestly even remember the last time I've googled something. Nowdays I'll just ask chatGPT

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