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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just switched all of my search engines to Duck Duck Go.  The Google AI overview has been driving me crazy. Since I couldn’t figure out a way to shut off the overview, I just switched to Duck Duck Go.  This feels like a “New Coke” moment.  I really don’t get why a room full of people decided that providing information to people that they acknowledge is probably at least partly incorrect is a good strategy.  Because so many of my searches included information that I know is incorrect, I realized that I couldn’t trust any of the results— especially when they concern topics that I don’t know enough about to thoroughly assess, and, of course, that defeats the purpose of using a search engine.

First we have “news” that’s really entertainment, now we have “results” —  top, front, and center—  that are openly inadequate. Back to books.   I’m old enough to remember the “Don’t be evil” days.  [b]I’m also old enough to remember being skeptical of Wikipedia— which is now quite reliable[/b]. Progress?[/quote]

Wikipedia can be terrible; even one of the founders no longer suggests using it. You still need to be very careful when using it, especially for things that have polarized people.  It very seldom covers those issues well.  If you want to research the Merovingian dynasty you’re probably safe.[/quote]

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