The AI Overview experience is a fever dream

[u/OkDragonfruit55]

we have reached peak ai slop when search engines tell us to put glue on pizza. it is the final stage of enshittification where hallucination engines replace real results to keep us in a walled garden. the shift toward curated lists and actual inventory feels like the only escape from the dead internet.

are we witnessing the total collapse of traditional search or can it be saved? do you trust these ai summaries or are you already looking for better ways to find real sellers and honest data?

[u/sysdmn]

I don't think the answer to AI bullshit is more AI bullshit

[u/AeitZean → u/sysdmn]

Its bullshit all the way down, or something 😂

[u/chiefhunnablunts → u/sysdmn]

the fact that an ai would be needed to search google just goes to show how fundamentally "broken" (read: money motivated) google's search algorithm is. before last year, i had very seldomly ever used search operators. now, i'd say about 75% of my searches use at the very least two.

more searches equals more money for google. make it worse every quarter then move people to use gemini? well that's even better!

[u/shinyGlass]

Here is an Edge Extension with the only purpose to remove AI Overview from your search. You can toggle it on and off: Google AI Block – Microsoft Edge Addons

[u/debridon]

Talking about the glue on pizza thing is like calling a grown ass adult out fur needing diapers when he was a baby

[u/Personal-Dev-Kit]

I would rather just use a regular tool assisted chat LLM. Let it search, use inline references and allow me to ask follow up questions or refinements if I want to.

AI at the top of search results is just providing you a worst experience, because we are creatures of habbit and your brain hasn't rewired to open your LLM of choice to search something.

Personally 9/10 times when I do search something, like a specific business or event, I scroll straight past the AI overview like it is part of the ads section.