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QueerDuck

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5. The genie is out of the bottle. I'll continue to use AI search engines... thank you very much.

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 11, 2025, 11:55 AM

Dec 11

I also find great links to a lot of how-to and step-by-step videos on youtube.

And the AI answers are often wrong.

And a lot of info on youtube is wrong... let the buyer beware and use due-diligence. In my case I've found the information to be dead-on target and very useful.

Duck.ai is also a very clean and useful interface with easy to read links and results.

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Is AI Making us Stupider? A short take on why that might be the wrong question. (Neil Turkewitz in Critical AI) [View all] highplainsdem Dec 11 OP

Neil on Time's Person of the Year: highplainsdem Dec 11 #1

Not for me. I love being able to use natural-language search queries to find what I need on Google... QueerDuck Dec 11 #2

When you use AI search, you're helping AI companies destroy the websites they've stolen the highplainsdem Dec 11 #3

The genie is out of the bottle. I'll continue to use AI search engines... thank you very much. QueerDuck Dec 11 #5

No, the genie isn't out of the bottle. You're making a choice to use AI search engines, not being highplainsdem Dec 11 #7

I think it's mostly good. With any advancement there will always be people who are unhappy about it... QueerDuck Dec 11 #9

You're choosing to use AI tools completely based on the theft of intellectual property. That theft highplainsdem Dec 11 #10

It's a brand new world. Not everyone will be happy. QueerDuck Dec 11 #11

No one who's ethical should be happy with generative AI. highplainsdem Dec 11 #12

I have more important things to wring my hands over and to judge others over. AI is not going away... QueerDuck Dec 11 #13

Yes, you've made your priorities very clear. highplainsdem Dec 11 #14

Good to know. QueerDuck Dec 11 #15

Agree.... anciano Dec 11 #18

There is so much wrong with the AI race. MontanaMama Dec 11 #4

Gil Duran has done a lot of writing on just how dangerous the robber-baron tech lords are. Their highplainsdem Dec 11 #8

Marking this to read later. progressoid Dec 11 #6

The dumbing down didn't start with AI, let's be real here. Jedi Guy Dec 11 #16

They've done specific studies on genAI tools, though, showing that using them dumbs users down. highplainsdem Dec 11 #17

AI is how we achieve Idiocracy... hunter Dec 11 #19

AI doesn't make people stupid. milestogo Dec 11 #20

It's making somebody stupider. Iggo Dec 11 #21