DuckDuckGo should apply this lesson to their search engine!
I maintain that this should be the default behavior and the AI be opt-in
I'd say most people don't really care
Most people are idiots.
As mostly a person I'm offended!
As an idiot, I am too!
This comment is unnecessarily dismissive and unhelpful.
If people don't care, then they won't care if it's gone either. And that's the better option.
If enough people were that bothered about a box with an AI overview, it wouldn't be there. Simple as that. The thing is that the overview turns out to be helpful in some cases, despite what the haters think.
No, the act of a company shoving something bad down people's throats does not prove it's what they wanted. You should know this.
We have polls that have calculated people's sentiment. They are sick of AI .
Recently, my mom killed one of her plants, because she searched for something to use as organic fertilizer and the ai summary suggested to add coffee grounds mixed with water daily. She realized it was a fake information and isn't trusting anything from internet searchers anymore. I wonder if at some point it will happen to most non-tech people, and search usage will go down heavily.
Folks can configure this as their homepage, search engine, etc.
When you use the site for the first time and search something where AI overview is available, it shows a toggle for how often you want to see it, with "sometimes" as middle ground being the default. Without showing that a feature exists, it's hard to decide if you want to use it or not. And since peoples opinion about it seems pretty spit, I think that is pretty valid.
Or would you rather have a cookie-popup like choice box pop up every time you use the service without cookies enabled asking you for your preference? Because that would annoy me very much.
DuckDuckGo has taken a clear stance on generative AI and other LLM-based tools, having asked users whether they wanted AI results fully integrated into search. An overwhelming majority said no, which is why the company now keeps AI content and interactions confined to a separate page.
This is what I get when I run a DuckDuckGo search in a private window. Sure doesn't look separate to me.
I know its not DDG but default behavior is no AI overview (which you can still ger by explicitly asking for it if that's what you need).
I took the time to read the fine print, and these glasses appear to sense the vector of reflected light and specifically filter out waves with a horizontal orientation. The processimg power needed to do this will mean these must have an uncomfortably large battery or require frequent charging.
Polarization is kind of just magic. Which means these sunglasses might actually require mana points to use.
But of course it does something. It blocks light, and let a man stare at boobs discreetly.
Hey, don't be sexist... They also let women stare at boobs discreetly
You're right. Women also like to stare at boobs.
Another use case I failed to mention: staring at butts.
Sunglasses dont do 'absolitely nothing'.
Normalizing glasses that look like Facebook perv glasses isn't something I would want.
Glasses that have cameras should require red led to be on at all times by law (when turned on).
I worn glasses that made me look like a pervert long before it was a trend
my socks also lack video recording or generative AI integration. perhaps i should sell them to eBay
They'll go for more if you don't wash them before selling.
Not if he sells the water he used to wash it as sock juice
That's cool. Way cooler if they were polarized though.
Did you read the link?
No - at least I'm homest. By your reply I guess they are. Thanks.
I have a pair of prescription, self darkening lenses in cheap frames that look like the DDG ones, and no one has ever given me a second glance when I wear them in public places.
On an only semi-related note, photochromics are super dope and are definitely one of those technologies that make me feel like I'm living in the cool future we were promised.
While we're talking about glasses technology, it seems like oil resistant coatings have finally gotten really good. My eyebrows are pretty oily and would smear on the top middle corners of my glasses all the time. But my latest pair just has a tiny bit of smudging there. I can press them against my face and wiggle my eyebrows right against them and it's still only a bit smudged.
I thought that too for a while, but the shine has worn off of photochromics for me because all the ones I've owned have lasted grand total of about a year or in some cases less before they've worn out and no longer darken in the sun. The longest lasting chunk of the stuff I've ever managed to own was the visor on my motorcycle helmet, a Bell Qualifier DLX, but that also had the tradeoff of never actually getting dark enough to be useful so I had to wear normal sunglasses under it anyway which really rather defeats the purpose.
Instead when I'm feeling particularly cyberpunk these days I bust out my old pair of CTRL shades. They have their own inherent drawback though, in that even though I managed to score my pair free through my job at the time I'm still afraid to do anything heavy duty while wearing them lest I break the damn things. That's because it'd cost me $300 for another pair.
Didn't read but should advertise as smart glasses sarcastically
Will these work for the upcoming eclipse?
I assume you are joking but just in case you aren't: no, regular sunglasses are never sufficient for protecting your eyes from an eclipse.
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