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Google search is over (mastodon.social)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by JoBo@feddit.uk to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Via @rodhilton@mastodon.social

Right now if you search for "country in Africa that starts with the letter K":

  • DuckDuckGo will link to an alphabetical list of countries in Africa which includes Kenya.

  • Google, as the first hit, links to a ChatGPT transcript where it claims that there are none, and summarizes to say the same.

This is because ChatGPT at some point ingested this popular joke:

"There are no countries in Africa that start with K." "What about Kenya?" "Kenya suck deez nuts?"

Google Search is over.

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[โ€“] Womble@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The point is that google is no longer just listing search results. For years now it has been giving the "correct" answer as well as results. This started of with things it could recognise and easily solve like calculations ("what is 432 times 548"), but has now moved into general queries powered by LLMs that have no knowledge of fact.

[โ€“] QIZED@lemmynsfw.com -1 points 2 years ago

Okay? As I said, google has been giving incorrect results for decades. Now, just like before, it gives incorrect answers sometimes. But it has gotten a LOT better at giving those correct answers.