• clif@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    My problem with this, if I understand correctly, is I can usually do all of this faster without having to lead a LLM around by the nose and try to coerce it into being helpful.

    That said, search engines do suck ass these days (thanks LLMs)

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      That’s been my biggest problem with the current state of affairs. It’s now easier to research newer tech through an LLM than it is to play search-result-wack-a-mole, on the off chance that what you need is on a forum that’s not Discord. At least an AI can mostly make sense of vendor docs and extrapolate a bit from there. That said, I don’t like it.

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          It’s a struggle even finding the manual these days if you don’t already know where it is / what it’s called. I was searching about an issue with my car recently and like 90% of the results are generic AI-generated “How to fix ______” with no actual information specific to the car I’m searching for.

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            I searched up a video to replace a part on my car. I did find it, but I also found 15 videos that were AI generated product reviews of the part.

            I definitely also want my car parts to be “sleek and stylish” when hidden away under a plastic cover under the hood lmao