In an era defined by polarized views on everything from public health to politics, a new Tulane University study offers insight into why people may struggle to change their minds—especially when they turn to the internet for answers.
Yeah, the way search engines have implemented LLMs have made it much worse.
You can go on google or duckduckgo and search for one thing, click the top link and click back after a few seconds. And the order of results has changed. So the second link you thought might have been correct(and was), is now 5-6 or lower. And the new second link is even worse than the first and usually generative content catered to the first link you clicked(wrongly).
I believe it, but I’m still debating whether something like Kagi is worth paying for. On principle, I strongly feel like it is, but in practice I’m still evaluating. So far, I’ve played with it a few times and I haven’t observed any notable improvements, but I’m trying to keep an open mind. First impression is that it’s definitely a little quicker and cleaner to get at the information I’m looking for. And taking a step back, I have to say it’s impressive that they can replicate a behemoth like Google’s accuracy already. On the other hand, I’ve felt like Google has gotten so crappy at search recently that maybe I’m simply not going to be satisfied with anyone simply “meeting” them and maybe what I want simply isn’t possible, in which case I’m just paying for disappointment.
I made the switch to Kagi January last year.
I know it’s all just personal experience and everyone can have their own needs, but I was skeptical at first as well.
Almost a year and a half later I’ve got no complaints.
My searches feel like how Google felt years ago: mainly I never think about it. I search, find what I want and I’m off. It just works as I’d expect without the nonsense ads and AI Google has now.
Worth a free trial. See how it works for you.
I switched 3 months ago and have the same experience as you. Got on the $25 tier that has access to all AI assistants/GPT models through their “Kagi Assistant”. So I basically swapped my ChatGPT subscription for the Kagi one which also has the search.
What’s nice is that I can maniacally search for stuff I’m looking into without them being bombarded by ads for it for a month after. Feels refreshing!
Would recommend.
How would kagi help in the bias described in the article? If a person makes a biased search, any search engine will behave the same. The text mentions that even unbiased search engines are susceptible to this.
I’m a fan of FOSS like everyone else on Lemmy, but I don’t think it’s a universal solution for everything. Some things are worth paying for and I value an efficient search experience and privacy (Kagi has no personal info on me. I pay with a crypto wallet through a third party) so Kagi is a worthwhile service for me.
I agree with you though, any good search should be good enough to dig up the opinions and bias that is out there somewhere that agrees with your own biases.
Here’s hope to ladybird, it seems like a recipe for good things but its still like a year out if I recall for a beta release or something
Same here. Been looking at options like Kagi.
I decided years ago that since everyone wanted my info, I might as well just pick one instead of spreading it around everywhere. So I’m heavily invested in the Google ecosystem across the board.
Veritasium (youtube) did a piece on this, can’t remember which video it was, might’ve been the one on his thesis of how to teach STEM topics in videos
I haven’t used Google products or services in a decade!
…but I know everyone I know has…
If you’ve visited almost any website then Google ads are tracking you. Unless you’re a masochist running full lockout, noscript, and eliminate the use of cookies… Google is following you.
Okay. Shit beyond my control has nothing to do with me not using Google products or services.
I wish they’d offer a way to mitigate bias in the summary article since we can’t see if in the actual study requires access to see if the researchers did
Don’t tell me caffeine has drawbacks. Don’t wanna hear it!
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This feels truthy to me.
