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

Good point, I split it off into its own thing.

the search results that about 99% of times return precisely the opposite of what I had asked for,

Yeah I'm absolutely frustrated about "AI summaries" as search results. If I wanted some high level overview then I wouldn't be using a search engine to begin with. 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!

Yes, but she would cherish that letter like nothing else, because it would carry the handwriting that she probably taught you when you were a child, maybe the scent of you as well.

This is why we also exchange written letters and post cards. It's a lot more personal. But in terms of just wanting to get a message across, the Internet isn't "an utterly stupid and pointless waste of time".