DanWilbur
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Aug 2, 2026 10:13 PM
DanWilbur
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cousteau
I was sick of Google answers before they were AI, just a highlighted one-word answer that was ALWAYS, systematically, reliably wrong.
otomesound
Because they all talked like different stereotypes of 1980s teenagers, and Michaelangelo was the skater/surfer bro.
IntelligentLake
So have you considered going to grad school?
burentsu
fun fact if you put "-ai" at the end of what you search for they don't show up.
Spiritdove
trys to parent me. I mean I want to look for like audiobook torrent starts ramblin on about piracy.
Tortilla8000
Not all of them had that accent, really only Michelangelo, which makes sense because he was into skateboarding and surfing
cosonfused
he was the party dude after all
VagrantKoba
Donatello does machines.
Freak0zoid
I use DuckDuckGo. You can turn off the AI "assistant". Or have it on-demand. It can filter out AI-images (not always, but you can report those images. And it's better than nothing).
Dybidude5
I also love that it blocks trackers automatically and has built in ad blockers.
Knifesmith
https://noai.duckduckgo.com/
There's a version that has all the anti AI features built in.
Silver420Surfer
ExecutiveProducerWolfDyck
Raph had almost a Brooklyn accent.
Stanistani
Cowabunga?
DanWilbur
Right???
Tortilla8000
And not all of them had that California accent, really only Michelangelo, which makes sense because he was into skateboarding and surfing
ghornby
Only Mikey had a Californian accent.
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DanWilbur
Haha
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Syovere
"bandwagon", as if it's just a popularity thing instead of people having legitimate grievances with it.
you dumb fuck.
Marsupialmessiah
Ill be honest, but the ai assistant just putting out the same exact text as the wikipedia entry displayed one spot lower on the search outcome is non value add, if anything is a waste ir resources.
marsilies
It's worse, because as you say, at best it's repeating info readily available on websites, but people don't click through anymore, so those websites are losing views, and thus ad revenue. At some point, there won't be any site producing the content for it to scrape. However, it's also only correct 90% of the time, so 10% of the time its giving you incorrect info. https://arstechnica.com/google/2026/04/analysis-finds-google-ai-overviews-is-wrong-10-percent-of-the-time/
m4uboy
and it's absolutely destroying the environment to boot.
devasto
If you can't change your default browser settings, at your job for example, add -AI to the end of your search. So if you're at work, and you type "Gloryholes near me -AI", instead of "Gloryholes near me", it doesn't show their AI response
spookyu
You can also make use of UDM=14 for Google specifically, doesn't need any extension or anything. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/google-searchs-udm14-trick-lets-you-kill-ai-search-for-good/
Gatorjon
Colopty
And if you have more options, there are browser extensions made specifically to remove the AI shit.
Heck, if you're at work and technologically competent enough you can probably work your way around the guard rails the IT security team installed. Incidentally this is why competent IT security don't go overboard on limiting the developer team, the moment a developer runs into a limitation that inconveniences them enough you end up with shadow IT.
DanWilbur
Haha
HouseOfEvil
Please tell me your location so I can find glory holes near you.
PandaStonetree
At my Job, they enforce Chrome, and its fully managed. Just a few weeks ago, they made changes. We cant even use -AI in searches, because the company is going through a damn AI binge thing or something. It just straight up ignores that command.
teardropivyyearofthetiger
Oh the AI binge all companies are doing! Copilot agents etc
MoopsyLD
doesn't work anymore
gablestout
Just checked; still works
wombat1959
It didn't work for a while. I just tried it and it worked again.
colopctech
now I am curious what ai guardrails are in place to not answer above questions
NZSheeps
It just referred me to several sites (none of which had any near me) and Reddit
Malak224
Downvote the AI for lack of convenience!
shutupthisisreal
reddit? you asked for gloryhole, not shithole
Sh4dowWalker96
'hurr durr reddit bad'
TK421isAFK
...said from Reddit's now-unhoused side bitch. This site lost all credibility once it stopped allowing people to host NSFW media for Reddit.
Chooseausernameandyoureallset
Why aren't you using the udm=14 command? Find the instructions for adding a new search engine to whatever browser you're using. Use "https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14" without the quotes as the search URL.
Don't forget to set it to default.
shutupthisisreal
it gives me results for '%s' though?
Chooseausernameandyoureallset
It's intended to be used as a browser search engine. %s is the code for your search. If you're trying to use it manually it's more of a pain. https://udm14.com/ I've not used this, but it seems to do the same.
0RocketCat0
Because it would ruin the joke.
TrumpRapesAndEatsChildren0002
Why use GOOG in the first place at this point...
cousteau
So… Ecosia, Qwant, or DDG? I'm still undecided.
TrumpRapesAndEatsChildren0002
Been ok with DDG so far.
VariousTypesOfPurple
"why don't you have the same knowledge base I do you utter fool"
Chooseausernameandyoureallset
https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+turn+off+google+ai+search+results
Why can't you do a basic internet search you utter fool?
If you're gonna try to paraphrase at least get it right.
VariousTypesOfPurple
you got ratio'd HARD
Chooseausernameandyoureallset
Yep. The bots and people with 20 accounts each got super assmad I asked them to use a search engine.
Seems to me like there's a lot of really fragile people on here, and they all love being part of the circle jerk.
If you're happy to be part of that, more power to you.
ExecutiveProducerWolfDyck
You could have just been helpful.
Chooseausernameandyoureallset
Is it not helpful to let people know they can do it, and how?
If I wasn't helpful I would've said some stupid shit like "just google it."
Scobragon
People tend to ignore assholes, even when they're being helpful.
VariousTypesOfPurple
oh you mean like this in yourcomment up above? "Why can't you do a basic internet search you utter fool?"
ExecutiveProducerWolfDyck
That was the helpful part, and you could have just done that. But you phrased it in a way that reads as very insulting, possibly unintentionally. "Why aren't you..." implies that everyone should already have that information and are being foolish for not using it.
Chooseausernameandyoureallset
@scobragon Leaving a comment isn't ignoring me. Neither is downvoting.
How do you manage to be so incredibly wrong?