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On Google declaring war on the Web
(tante.cc)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
I use AI to search a topic I somewhat understand but not 100%. It gives answers that look convincing but there are multiple details that I know to be wrong. So what else is wrong? Search is just as bad with mostly AI generated websites filling the results. Is the internet already dead?
Remember how 20 years ago, everyone was afraid to trust Wikipedia? Trust Wikipedia. Not implicitly, and not without digging into sources and references, but if you just need a surface level answer, Wiki that shit. It's about 100x more reliable than AI or Google. If it's current events you're looking for, Ground News is probably the most responsible aggregator. Look at multiple sources. Everything has spin, but if you sum up all the takes, you can get a better sense of the whole event, what individual reporters aren't saying, and how various people are framing and embellishing.
Pretty much. I'm down to self-hosting all my services, feeding my information with what little RSS driven info is out there and a few podcasts.
The rest of the time I spend either outside, reading or in Lemmy feeding my hate 🤣