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Google AI Mode To Become Default For Google Search Soon (www.seroundtable.com)

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Logan Kilpatrick, lead product manager for Google DeepMind, Gemini, and all AI products at Google, said Google AI Mode will be the default for Google Search "soon." He said this after Google made google.com/ai go directly to AI Mode's interface on Friday afternoon.

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[–] Ragnor@feddit.dk 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Please don't. I regularly use Google for doing calculations, and the fact that the AI gives a full explanation of how to do every step means that the result is hidden behind the "show more" button instead of being visible immediately.

I don't need the AI telling me how to multiply two numbers three times during one calculation, and things like that. I know how to do the math. I am using a calculator because I want the result.

Google wasting energy on applying AI to everything indiscriminately only incentivizes my switch to a different search provider. I don't trust AI generated answers because it is very hard to unlearn wrong stuff. I want a site where I can see what effort went into providing the result to the internet users, because that is useful for gauging the validity of the content. AI is hit or miss and gives no clues about the quality - I don't want to gamble with my knowledge like that.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 week ago

Kagi is great if you're looking to switch. Yeah, it's paid, but that just means you're not the product.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 6 points 1 week ago

Seriously, use a calculator.

[–] krunklom@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Google was absolute fucking garbage before it was so.

I'm not sure how the switch to so can change the user experience. Garbage is garbage.