Comment on Generative AI is a Parasitic Cancer
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’ve been using DuckDuckGo exclusively for several years now.
I believe my reaction to seeing AI junk turned on by default was, “Not you, too!”
It will be a sad day when I have to jump to something else to escape it.
criitz@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
I use DDG and I have never seen any AI elements enabled by default. What are you seeing?
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You see it on the search results page. Click the gear icon to go into settings and there is a link at the bottom to “manage” AI settings. For me, everything is turned on by default, but it may not have rolled out to everyone yet.
whotookkarl@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I think it takes focus over the search results based on specific search terms or maybe semantics like is it a question an AI would likely be able to answer.
Searching ‘some search’ gives results with an icon for AI but nothing inline: Image
Changing the search to a question like what’s the current Java version puts clear focus on AI results: Image
criitz@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
At least it still gives you the option to generate a summary or decide not to.