Apparently, Google's AI summaries are leading people to stop searching and to close browsers altogether (source: www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20250728-you-might-be… ) Personally, I hate those summaries and scroll right past them. The way I use LLMs (ChatGPT mainly) is to research general ideas, then I use regular search engines and websites to corroborate the info. When searching, I want to see real websites that are well-established in their field. I want to see posts and discussions on sites with strong communities like stackexchange, and even Reddit and Quora (these are good for topics that are more niche). I want to find obscure articles and websites and videos and audios created decades ago by academics and lay experts. This stuff is organic information. The AI summary just gets in my way for accessing this stuff. It's important that children and youth don't become overly reliant on LLMs and AI generated content in general. For further reading, I recommend you check out the "Dead Internet" theory. Just Google it - and skip past the AI summary!
Ely Wananda
Apparently, Google's AI summaries are leading people to stop searching and to close browsers altogether (source: www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20250728-you-might-be… )
Personally, I hate those summaries and scroll right past them. The way I use LLMs (ChatGPT mainly) is to research general ideas, then I use regular search engines and websites to corroborate the info. When searching, I want to see real websites that are well-established in their field. I want to see posts and discussions on sites with strong communities like stackexchange, and even Reddit and Quora (these are good for topics that are more niche). I want to find obscure articles and websites and videos and audios created decades ago by academics and lay experts. This stuff is organic information. The AI summary just gets in my way for accessing this stuff. It's important that children and youth don't become overly reliant on LLMs and AI generated content in general. For further reading, I recommend you check out the "Dead Internet" theory. Just Google it - and skip past the AI summary!
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