It’s impressive how duckduckgo manages to be so much better than bing despite being a frontend for bing

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    7 days ago

    That’s true, but I think people still appreciate it… like it’s accurate enough, enough of the time, for people to find it helpful.

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      7 days ago

      That’s why it’s dangerous. If it were wrong 99% of the time people wouldn’t trust it. But being right most of the time risks people depending on it and acting on bad information which can have severe consequences.

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        7 days ago

        My point is, it seems like moat people disagree with you given that search providers put this stuff in their results.

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          7 days ago

          Most states charge a regressive sales tax. By your logic, the fact that people don’t refuse to pay sales tax at the register proves that people enjoy it!

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            7 days ago

            Nonsense. Your metaphor is not analogous.

            Sophisticated tech firms do extensive analysis with reference groups, A/B testing, et cetera.

            Guaranteed, they’ve found that they get better engagement with their product through these AI results.

            This might shock you but a group of 14 year olds complaining on Lemmy is not an indicative sample of opinions.

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              5 days ago

              group of 14 year olds complaining on Lemmy

              I can’t roll my eyes harder, dude. Just drop it and move on. It’s okay to disagree with people and not try to fucking debate them about it.