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[-] Fizz@lemmy.nz 16 points 2 years ago

I don't get what generative ai could add to my browsing experience. How ever I do think it makes a good search engine.

[-] noodlejetski@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

a "search engine" that hallucinates results, including but not limited to non-existent court cases.

[-] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 years ago

And what? Half the shit on Google is completely wrong as well.

[-] noodlejetski@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Google actually pulls results from web pages.

you know how some smartphone keyboards predict the next word that you're going to use, and you can form a comprehensible sentence that sometimes even makes sense? that's what those language models do. they don't actually search for anything, they just create sequences of words that sound probable.

[-] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 years ago

It seems that Bing chat bot searches then reads the results and gives you the answer.

I know it's basically predictive text but if the prompt contains a relevant info then the predictive text is likely to be the answer you're looking for so it works well.

[-] Bloonface@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Yeah but you can tell from the context that search results are just a list of random web pages that maybe what Google says is bollocks.

Google gives you a bunch of results and says "here, look at these". LLMs confidently tell you things that they may have simply made up and present them as if they're real.

[-] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 years ago

Its an infant tech so there's obviously issues but if you go ask chat gpt how do I play poker you will get a short concise and accurate answer. In my opinion that's the strength of ai as a search engine. Sometimes I just want an answer to my question and don't want to dig through multiple webpages all filled with ads and hostile design.

[-] codus@leby.dev 2 points 2 years ago

I’d use some sort of generative “find on page” or “summarize page” where I could have a quick Q/A without needing to read a long article.

[-] bbbhltz@beehaw.org 13 points 2 years ago

Sheesh, Opera remember when Opera was the best choice for users with slow internet? Remember the great built-in email client and XMPP clients? Now...this?

[-] cnnrduncan@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

The tab stacking and visual mouse gestures were awesome back in the day! I'd never use a modern Opera product (and stopped after they switched to Chromium) unfortunately the company that owns it made a bunch of money through predatory payday loan apps in a few developing countries.

[-] bbbhltz@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Oh yeah I totally forgot about gestures. That was a neat feature at the time.

[-] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

If Opera had stayed in its lane, it would be pretty much Vivaldi.

[-] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

I already don't trust a Chinese browser in of itself, so I'm sure as hell not going to trust a Chinese browser with an integrated AI.

[-] falsem@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago
[-] GuyDudeman@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Why climb a mountain? Why eat an elephant? Why wear pants?

[-] millions@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Not trusting a company that offered predatory loans with my data

Though I don’t trust any company/ai with my data I think most people here do

[-] OrangeCorvus@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Who gave the approval on the
"OPE-
RA
ONE"

It's bad, really bad. If they wanted to have it split they could have at least played with it like this:
"OP
ERA
ONE"
Make it sound like the new browser is OP and it's the era of ONE, One Opera. But you know, whatever.

[-] bankimu@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Am game as long as the AI runs locally, and doesn't siphon every website I visit to their server.

[-] mPony@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Bonzi Buddy has entered the chat.

[-] blobcat@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

They changed the UI a bit, added 2 useless features and called it a day. Who the hell needs 5 different browsers?

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