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No clicks, no content: The unsustainable future of AI search

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137 points bradt | 1 comments | 31 Aug 25 15:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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8organicbits ◴[31 Aug 25 17:16 UTC] No.45084922[source]▶
I'm curious what the overlap is between people who use AI tools and people who use ad blockers. Personally, I've been a leech on the ad-funded web my entire adult life; I always block ads. I haven't adopted AI tools. They only seem to work well for content that's readily discoverable anyway, otherwise the risk of hallucination has been far too high in my testing. If I care about the answer, why risk it?

I believe there's strong overlap between technically minded people and ad blockers. Maybe the challenge is that AI search appeals to less technically-minded people, who would have otherwise been exposed to ads?

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1. pixl97 ◴[31 Aug 25 17:47 UTC] No.45085205[source]▶
Eh, I block every ad I can and use AI. That said most of my AI searches are ones that are in depth and use thinking models.

With that said there are some queries AI does better than search engines. If I have something I'm trying to remember from the distant past with poorly refined definitions I can iterate to a solution much better than reading spam filled sites.