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Stop using generative AI as a search engine (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 week ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

The ironic part is that it's not bad as an index. Ignore the garbage generative output and go straight to cited sources and somehow get more useful links than an actual search engine.