@skylark13 @lexfeathers @vaporeon_ @IntrepidVector yup. this is the way.

@lexfeathers

I don't think it's that simple.

AI for cancer research?

Absolutely. I'm on board.

AI in a search engine provided 'free' by a corporation that exploits its users?

Nope.

@lexfeathers The thing is, I too dislike it typically but I still make use of genAI in the case of not finding any clues with ordinary search engine queries in hope to find references or other mentions.

@lexfeathers we need a "both".

@vaporeon_ @lexfeathers after voting "no", I was offered a link to "see what an AI internet would look like", which turned out to be an advertisement for "Duck AI", so… not excited

@lexfeathers I expected a big no but not this big hahahah

@notthatdelta @lexfeathers some amount of selection bias can be assumed, but still, heck

@lexfeathers And of course, even if you choose "No", DDG tell you how they're totally respecting that by making all their AI chat nonsense optional.

This is why when I open a private window with duckduckgo.com, I see two separate buttons with "Duck.ai" and if I make a search, I see both that, and also something rainbow-colored called "Search Assist". That's what they mean by "optional", they mean "we're actively promoting it and putting development effort into integrating LLMs with everything"

@Wintergr33n @lexfeathers Sorry friend, but you can't have one without the other. It's the system that's rotten, and it's why we need to reject AI in all its forms.

@lexfeathers In all honesty I think we should consider that this survey may only appear on the noai duckduck page. They didn't bother showing it to their non-noai customers. So it may be biased. I like it but it may be biased.

@brhfl @vaporeon_ @lexfeathers they should let you vote on that question too, to tell them you're also not curious

@pip @lexfeathers

No, we very much can.

It's called regulation.

@vaporeon_ @IntrepidVector @lexfeathers I've immediately changed my default search bar url to that with noai

@nash @brhfl @lexfeathers I already know what an "AI" internet looks like, we're in it right now, all the web sites keep pushing "AI" that wasn't asked for

@lexfeathers
Hace unos días Discord hizo algo similar. Al poco tiempo la encuesta desapareció misteriosamente.

@funnymonkey "A man scrolling through no banners" is confusing to read.

I think it should say something more like "An animated gif of a man holding and intentionally throwing to the ground signs that read 'no'."

If anyone else has better ideas feel free to share them, because that's the best I've got.

@vaporeon_ @IntrepidVector @lexfeathers

EDIT: Someone beat me to it, rip

If you’re not aware, you can add a custom search engine to your browser without too much trouble! Just go to search settings and it’s typically near the bottom iirc. I added NoAI DDG to my browser that way for those exact reasons lol

@lexfeathers
Every company is putting AI everywhere they can.
Meanwhile 96% of people:

@Wintergr33n @lexfeathers

It's only complex if you make it complex. DDG isn't asking in generalities. If you go up to a fast food restaurant and they say "want ketchup?" They aren't surveying you on whether you accept or refuse ketchup as a general moral stance. They want to know if they should be adding ketchup to your order.

@Wintergr33n @lexfeathers I think we're both talking about regulating AI, albeit in different ways. I want it regulated like chemical or biological weapons, with severe penalties for using it in any way, shape, or form.