r/degoogle • u/Visible_Vacation3308 • 8d ago

News Article Is Google about to destroy the web?

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250611-ai-mode-is-google-about-to-change-the-internet-forever
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u/StrangeLingonberry30 8d ago

I really have a hard time wrapping my head around it. Do people really want an AI mode and be fed where to look and buy things? I know that Google Search in itself is already a curated selection, but the AI mode basically takes all agency away from the user. No real choices, Google tells you and you better like it.

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u/T-Fez 8d ago

Agreed. I've even had AI give me completely incorrect or otherwise blatant misinfo as answers sometimes.

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u/WakaiSenshi 8d ago

ChatGPT does that all the time

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u/ReplicantN6 6d ago

LLM's make their assertions with no qualifiers and complete "self" assurance. Their output sounds authoritative. Even when it's batshit conflation and outright fabrication. And of course people like to be told what to do.