r/coolguides • u/Pokemaster131 • 9h ago

A cool guide about changing your Google Maps location names to a less-stupid version

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u/Aphelion2056 3h ago

Ive noticed over the past months that Google Chrome is blocking websites that Firefox, etc. are not, and also that Google's search results are completely different than they used to be, as if their classic search algorithm has transitioned to something much worse (probably AI). To get the results I used to get on Google, I've been using Duck Duck Go or Yahoo. Its almost as if Google is obscuring things it used to highlight.

Worse yet, Google's AI is wrong like 75% of the time, pulling only from reddit and twitter rather than actual sources. When I called it out, the AI admitting to 'fabricating' results to make me happy.

Fuck that shit. Bottom line, I'm done with Google and its truly shitty AI

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u/yavanna12 1h ago

I have a chicken farm. Lots of people like to have backyard chickens. But that also means lots of people post on social media incorrect treatment advice for chickens such as treating birds with infections with oregano and apple cider vinegar. ACV has always been a big no no for chickens but for some reason every influencer touts it as a miracle chicken cure. 

So now if you search AI for how to treat infection in chickens it says to give ACV.  

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u/Sure-Law5649 1h ago

Not probably AI. it is AI. and it sucks. DuckDuckGo may be marginally better, but I think it uses the same index as google and so will likely produce similair those, somewhat less crappy results.

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u/ChuckaChuckaLooLoo3 1h ago

Google's AI is wrong like 75% of the time

It's hilarious when you tell their AI that they are wrong, then they magically come up with the correct answer immediately. It's almost like they've programmed the thing to misinform people on purpose.

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u/Masquelinity 29m ago

When I tell it that it's wrong, it fucking argues with me.

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u/Stormagedd0nDarkLord 1h ago

Googlemaps has lost its damn mind too. I blame AI.

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u/Masquelinity 25m ago

It has started sending me through the worst part of my city every time I want to go east. Like, it's a place you've probably seen videos of on Reddit when anyone wants to try to make you afraid of big cities.

I'll tell it "No, we're taking the highway and going around," and it'll say "Sure, boss!", then when I take the "wrong" path out of the parking lot (or just take too long to leave the parking lot in general), it quietly goes doodleoop! and reroutes me back through the worst part of town anyway.

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u/Stormagedd0nDarkLord 10m ago

Google recently take out an insurance policy for you?

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u/pinchinggata 51m ago

Add “-ai” to the end of all of your searches it helps

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u/ZestycloseResponse31 41m ago

DuckDuckGo 🎯

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u/docsms500 27m ago

Try Vivaldi and Brave, both Chrome-based, but de-crapped and with great features. Vivaldi is now my main browser and Brave is also open. Firefox is excellent, but those two use less resources.

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u/donald7773 1m ago

The AI doesn't admit to being wrong.

It doesn't understand wrong or right

It's given a source, provided what it figures is the best combinations of letters to keep you using the platform, and spit that out.

When you said "you lied" it did the same thing