General Discussion • Re: Is the internet still useful nowadays?

AI chat is only really useful in that respect if you know absolutely nothing about a topic yet and need a primer. Beyond that? Rubbish!

Agreed! Totally basic things it does get right but beyond that it's all a mess. Actually I try as much as possible not to interact with AI, but unfortunately even regular search results are so useless that I'd rather call a friend or something, and ask for a brief response. If only I had any friends left...

This is why we also exchange written letters and post cards. It's a lot more personal.

Indeed. I'm so glad you do that. It's real life, and it can't be beaten.

But in terms of just wanting to get a message across, the Internet isn't "an utterly stupid and pointless waste of time".

True, and I'm sure andyprough didn't intend to throw just everything into one single pot. There stll are good things about the Internet, depending on each person's range of utilities, knowledge etc. But I also do understand the point of view expressed by him when an urgent search comes up with 100% garbage, or an apparently extremely easy task proves to be way too difficult because of those "security tools" or whatever that ultimately eat up our - sometimes very limited - time, be it spare time or even our plain time on Earth.