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

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...

I was recently positively surprised by the AI (ChatGPT) guiding me towards patching the smartphone app that wanted Chrome or similar browser to successfully complete the login, to not require it. Though few months ago, the AI on DuckDuckGo, when searching for SQL statement to reset sequence in Oracle Database to specific value, it gave incomplete statement missing one word.

Same here with friends. Though humans betray, backstab, gaslight, disappoint...