Jaluvshuskies
Seconded! Upvoting seems slow, that's the only thing I noticed
I've used a few here that were suggested by others in this thread - some of them gave sources and actually pointed to reddit. I had 2 recent questions I was trying to find information on this past week, and it passed 1/2 questions. But if I have a niche question, especially tech related, forget it lol
It seems to just give a list of all the possible answers for the question. But it doesn't seem to pinpoint (unless I'm mistaken) arguably the most "optimal" method or answer (which users point out or endorse), and I assume wouldn't also explain why or the experience. Because of that, I don't think it'll replace the value of finding information via thread-based platforms (especially if user-controlled)
I really like this. It's so true and I feel like you really hit the spot!
Can you elaborate on what defines a text generation model or give examples? Is it literally just like "write me a story about x"? I can't think of other real examples a TGM could be useful for
It's ironic, though. Google's search engine is pretty horrendous so we literally just use it for searching within reddit (since reddit's in-platform search is also poor, but for other reasons)
I completely agree. It makes sense that AI is not good at determining truth vs fiction. I think it's more important for us as users to just search for information on our own, then determine the "end answer" with our own judgement after reviewing different sources and experiences (taking each individual answer with a grain of salt)
That's why, I personally think AI search engine won't be the best all-rounder for all types of information that's not niche, deep searching which is IMO better found on forum-like platforms where people (enthusiasts) share sources, their experiences, what worked, what didn't work, and why. For AI, maybe just simple bland information, like an excel formula, or how to hot wire a car, is better
I don't know how to edit on thunder lol
I do this once a week, no app or anything. I'd add air fryer broccoli but I'm lazy
Why? It's easier than I thought. I fast until 130 pm and try to eat only this. I bring it to work, put in work fridge, and microwave. Tastes amazing and I look forward to it, helps not snacking
I just started doing it out of inspiration from my coworker. I'm lazy and hate spending a lot of time cooking, and cleaning
So here's what I do
- instant white rice, season with basically any "flavor God" seasoning, salt and pepper if needed, THEN microwave it
- grab aldis green bag chicken (the parmesan Breaded tenders?), throw in their air fryer for 400 for like 14 mins (still adjusting)
- grab containers from Amazon
- put rice in, cut chicken as desired
- throw in freezee
A lot of this you can combine tasks and save time :)
Agreed, it probably belongs in RedditMigration (I can't grab the link right now)
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edit: wack, this comment showed up in one of my threads I created so I was super confused. disregard lol
By "what we had before", you probably mean normal google searching, right? If so, yea I feel like AI searching would be better than that. I honestly don't know what happened to google or when it stopped having quality. It would be interesting to watch a documentary or visual about how google changed over time, what changed it, and why it's searching experience is so poor now
Do you think that thread-based platforms that have user-generated content is the "best" source for information? (With the exception of SO, which I agree is probably superior for programming)
I haven't heard of perplexity.ai before, but I just tried it with the first recent issue that I had that came to mind, and I'm already not super impressed - I know this is literally one question so far, but it gave me a source for steam deck which my question wasn't about
This is an example of a question that someone would ask and need to provide info on what they already tried, setup details, more info about the situation, etc - and then people would comment likely with follow-up questions, or instantly know the solution from having to deal with it elsewhere. Obviously, this would go in the "troubleshooting" category, which seems that AI would have to redirect the user to rather than having the definitive answer to; at which point we're probably better off searching ourselves
Another recent thing I have had to look up, was various tricks to pull out a screw off the back of my mechanical keyboard that had been stripped and we couldn't get it out. Here's what I get when using perplexity:
Pretty good, my engineering S/O knows all sorts of tricks for this, and a few of them are actually listed here. However, I feel that I need to validate the legitimacy of the AI's response by going to the sources directly - which seems like an extra step that defeats the purpose of AI searching
Either way - it's interesting! And I think could be a useful tool in some ways. Also 100% agree on being done with the bullshit that is ads, bloatware, etc. Sorry for the wall btw lol
Yea, I sort of agree - that's kind of why I think that doing research yourself by looking across dozens of sources, posts, and comments, then making your own judgment call is the way. Idk I guess maybe it's just my experience, but I usually find that a comment with misinformation is downvoted to oblivion with responses as to why it's wrong, and the most helpful solution is usually upvoted, with replies like "you're a life saver" or "this is the real answer. thank you!!". Obviously I don't mean like 100% of content is like this, there will be bad content everywhere, but I take every solution with a grain of salt while looking at other solutions, and decide for myself (or maybe I misunderstood you lol)
There are sooooooo many times, way more than I can count, that I had an INCREDIBLY niche problem (usually tech related) and bam, someone on reddit had the same issue, and either figured it out & posted the solution, or the wack solution is in the comments. I never ever find this information on other random articles or "official help threads". This happened so much that I didn't google a single piece of information without adding "reddit" to it
I feel like AI would be better for simple things like an excel formula, or ordinary information? For now, at least. But, I am trying to learn more about this subject and truly see the legitimate capabilities of AI
Then again, what do I know lol