2026-09-26 18:16 UTC
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@eevee@slime.global 2026-09-26 18:17
@glyph@mastodon.social @zzzeek@fosstodon.org @hynek@mastodon.social i think that's probably a bad sign. at least when you had to get your information from a forum post by PlaidPowerRanger04, you knew what you were getting. now we have a blather machine that's only right by coincidence, and it has a massive tech conglomerate's logo stamped on everything it says thinking about the rise in gambling addiction, plus people getting mad when fire emblem says they have a 90% chance to hit but they still miss. out of room but you see where i'm g
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@zzzeek@fosstodon.org 2026-09-26 18:36
@eevee@slime.global @glyph@mastodon.social @hynek@mastodon.social so that's an anecdote about a stupid person on the internet
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@CliftonR@wandering.shop 2026-09-26 19:54
@eevee@slime.global @glyph@mastodon.social @zzzeek@fosstodon.org @hynek@mastodon.social DIdn't Sundar Pichal say something (proudly!) about how their AI summary is right 90% of the time? 10% is a huge error rate! I don't know how exactly you'd compare this to a search engine. What was the accuracy of the top 3-5 hits from Old-Google before it all turned into ad placements and SEO junk? IDK but my gut feeling is you were a lot more than 90% likely to find the correct info in there.