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Death by AI

(davebarry.substack.com)
583 points ano-ther | 1 comments | 19 Jul 25 14:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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FeteCommuniste ◴[20 Jul 25 00:25 UTC] No.44620771[source]▶
I really wish Google had some kind of global “I don’t want any identifiably AI-generated content hitting my retinas, ever” checkbox.

Too much to ask, surely.

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Dotnaught ◴[20 Jul 25 03:03 UTC] No.44621622[source]▶
You can append -ai to your searches to omit AI Overview replies. It's not enough but it's something.
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daveguy ◴[20 Jul 25 03:36 UTC] No.44621766[source]▶
If they just put a checkbox by the search bar that keeps state, I wonder what percent would uncheck it.
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1. markovs_gun ◴[20 Jul 25 11:06 UTC] No.44623972[source]▶
I think you'd be surprised at how many users don't click on any settings whatsoever regardless of what they do.