▲ 733 ▼ DuckDuckGo poll says 90% don't want AI in search (www.pcworld.com) submitted 6 months ago by StopTech@lemmy.today to c/goodnewseveryone@piefed.social 59 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] robert.meyer86@piefed.social -9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] versionc@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] robert.meyer86@piefed.social -2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 months ago If you turn off all ai features in ddg, it turns them back on by itself. It's infuriating. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ericwdhs@discuss.online 4 points 6 months ago Just tested a few searches on the top domain in a private window with no setting changes. It looks like some search terms invoke the AI and others don't, so that explains some differences people are seeing. I saw no change in behavior between desktop and mobile. As someone who actually likes AI (local open models only though), I agree it needs to be off by default in all cases purely on the grounds of energy usage. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] versionc@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] robert.meyer86@piefed.social -2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 months ago If you turn off all ai features in ddg, it turns them back on by itself. It's infuriating. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ericwdhs@discuss.online 4 points 6 months ago Just tested a few searches on the top domain in a private window with no setting changes. It looks like some search terms invoke the AI and others don't, so that explains some differences people are seeing. I saw no change in behavior between desktop and mobile. As someone who actually likes AI (local open models only though), I agree it needs to be off by default in all cases purely on the grounds of energy usage. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] robert.meyer86@piefed.social -2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 months ago If you turn off all ai features in ddg, it turns them back on by itself. It's infuriating. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ericwdhs@discuss.online 4 points 6 months ago Just tested a few searches on the top domain in a private window with no setting changes. It looks like some search terms invoke the AI and others don't, so that explains some differences people are seeing. I saw no change in behavior between desktop and mobile. As someone who actually likes AI (local open models only though), I agree it needs to be off by default in all cases purely on the grounds of energy usage. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 months ago If you turn off all ai features in ddg, it turns them back on by itself. It's infuriating. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ericwdhs@discuss.online 4 points 6 months ago Just tested a few searches on the top domain in a private window with no setting changes. It looks like some search terms invoke the AI and others don't, so that explains some differences people are seeing. I saw no change in behavior between desktop and mobile. As someone who actually likes AI (local open models only though), I agree it needs to be off by default in all cases purely on the grounds of energy usage. permalink fedilink source parent