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Google is replacing search results with only the AI (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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replace the Web with slop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aji8lhaV3XM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260520-google-replacing-search-results-with-only-the-ai - podcast

time: 9 min 04 sec

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[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 13 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

The point is that there's going to be no difference, soon Google search will be just another chatbot interface.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Guess I'll just have to use ddgo, then ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[–] flowerysong@awful.systems 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Unfortunately DuckDuckGo sucks ass at search, even compared to how much the Google search results have degraded over time. I use the no-AI version as my primary search engine, but I have to resort to using Google to find the thing I'm looking for about 1 in 5 times.

[–] TrashGoblin@awful.systems 1 points 1 week ago

Probably 2 in 5 ddg searches are worthless for me, but trying again on Google rarely if ever helps. Usually, both are returning SEO slop or Product™️ rather than the thing I was looking for.

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