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Google Search Really Has Gotten Worse, Researchers Find (tech.slashdot.org)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Human: Hey Google can you tell me how this band got started and the significance of their first album?

Google: the lead singer was just admitted to rehab and you won't believe what happens next!

Human: oh that's sad, I hope they get the help they need but about my questions--

Google: the lead singer was just admitted to rehab and you won't believe what happens next!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

This is actually a slight improvement

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Then if do you click the link, the article has almost nothing to do with the title. No confirmations, no details, just random claims from someone who you've never heard of before.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

That's more the type of prompt you would give a LLM, rather than a search engine. I'm not surprised that it results in garbage.