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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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People always misuse searchengines by writing the whole questions as a search...

With ai they still can do that and get, i think in their optinion, a better result

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[–] galaxy_nova@lemmy.world 10 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I’ve unfortunately noticed that as llms have gotten more traction that search engines in my experience have gotten worse. Sometimes I have to do like 2 or 3 searches to get the exact right articles that actual relate to what I’m looking for. In the contrary llms are great for asking a question directly, and figuring out exactly what you’re looking for and then going to a search engine and doing some research on your own. It would be nice if there was a way to somehow combine the two without the ridiculously egregious environmental and intellectual issues with llms.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Is that not what Google does now? They give you a little AI summary with information taken from the first few results and break it down into a more easily digestible version.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

They do. But their LLM in my experience really isn't very good. If ChatGPT is like a B+ and A- student, Google's is the special ed kid in a helmet.

[–] galaxy_nova@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

I guess? I only use Google at work though so not too familiar. But still hits my issues with llms, also it’s forced in Google I believe.