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The force-feeding of AI features on an unwilling public

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451 points imartin2k | 3 comments | 06 Jul 25 06:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.487s | source
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m000 ◴[06 Jul 25 07:36 UTC] No.44478629[source]▶
I mostly agree with TFA, with one glaring exception: The quality of Google search results has regressed so badly in the past years (played by SEO experts), that AI was actually a welcome improvement.
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iLoveOncall ◴[06 Jul 25 09:49 UTC] No.44479259[source]▶
User issue. Every single time this comes up.

People don't know how to search, that's it. Even the HN population.

Every time this gets posted, I ask for one example of thing you tried to find and what keywords you used. So I'm giving you the same offer, give me for one thing you couldn't find easily on Google and the keywords you used, and I'll show you Google search is just fine.

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1. brookst ◴[06 Jul 25 12:36 UTC] No.44480249[source]▶
Google is nearly useless for recipes. Try finding a recipe for beef bourguignon. They exist, but with huge prefaces and elaboration that mean endless scrolling on a phone, all in the name of maximizing time spent on page (which is a search ranking criteria).
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2. CoastalCoder ◴[06 Jul 25 13:26 UTC] No.44480628[source]▶
I've also heard a 3rd-hand claims that not authors of those recipes vett what they've written. E.g., what the true prep / cooking times are.

I still find online recipes convenient, but I don't blindly trust details like cooking time and temperature. (I mean, those things are always subject to variability, but now I don't trust the times to even be in the right ballpark.)

Happily, there are some cooks that I think deserve our trust, e.g. Chef John.

3. iLoveOncall ◴[07 Jul 25 20:39 UTC] No.44494450[source]▶
Search for "beef bourguignon recipe", the first result is for https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/beef-bourguignon which has the list of ingredients and the recipe pretty much straight away.