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rog

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30. You can also create your own 'custom' search engine to do that ...
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 06:47 PM
Nov 22
https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/google-search-no-ai-overview.html

That's a tad geeky, but not especially hard. That article also shows how to add a parameter that performs a 'verbatim' search, based on your exact search terms, that is much more targeted. I created two search engines, one with only udm=14, and another one that includes udm=14 and tbs=li:1, for a so-called 'verbatim' search.

Alternatively, you could use websites such as ...

https://udm14.net

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Only for those who take it at face value. I immediately expect something to be wrong-- at least partially and hlthe2b Nov 22 #1
Yes that's the totally sensible approach ... to distrust the information until it has been corroborated FakeNoose Nov 22 #25
Also understand how low even that bar was. Remember the disdain for "Google University" RockRaven Nov 22 #2
I've seen so many people posting "I ran this by Chat GPT and this is what it came up with" or chia Nov 22 #3
That is so cringe-worthy to me. I can't believe how uncritically people have accepted this Iris Nov 22 #10
If you're going to use AI... ultralite001 Nov 22 #4
It's Cliff Notes in a new incarnation. Speedy and shallow. IMO. nt allegorical oracle Nov 22 #5
I'll bet Cliff Notes at least had 'some' human review. And the notes were revised over the years. erronis Nov 22 #11
Sure ... the Cliff Notes were written by live humans FakeNoose Nov 22 #26
;-{) Goonch Nov 22 #6
Whatever chatbot(s?) generated that AI-promoting AI slop answer for you makes no reference at all highplainsdem Nov 22 #9
Please don't tell other people what to post. Jack Valentino Sunday #40
This is a message board for people to communicate, not a display for AI slop. If it's treated as acceptable highplainsdem Sunday #41
Yeah, we all have our crosses to bear.... Jack Valentino Sunday #42
It was a request saying please, not an order. As for your availing yourself of the technology - it's unlikely highplainsdem Sunday #43
I put my use of any technology whatsoever which will help me to oppose TRUMP Jack Valentino Monday #44
Kick SheltieLover Nov 22 #7
Thanks! highplainsdem Nov 22 #21
Yw. Ty for being our resident expert on ai slop! SheltieLover Nov 22 #22
Doing a google search is hardly the best way to learn something to begin with... Wounded Bear Nov 22 #8
I have been using Google's 'NotebookLM', I think with good results. rog Nov 22 #12
Why aren't you writing those reports yourself, if they're supposedly from you? And why do you want highplainsdem Nov 22 #20
I'm not sure I'm communicating effectively. rog Nov 22 #27
I emphasized writing for yourself because writing is critical to thinking and shouldn't be turned over highplainsdem Nov 22 #33
OK. It's clear that your reading comprehension is limited, since we - apparently - agree ... rog Nov 22 #34
You ignored my pointing out that genAI tools are fundamentally unethical because they're trained illegally highplainsdem Nov 22 #35
You're just a wealth of information, aren't you? rog Sunday #36
If you had spent a bit more time simply googling, you'd have learned quickly for yourself that natural highplainsdem Sunday #37
(sigh) re: your assumptions about my diet ... vegan since about 1974 ... rog Sunday #38
Sigh. I haven't "singled you out" - I've posted hundreds of threads here on the pitfalls of using genAI, highplainsdem Sunday #39
I like going down the research holes of Wikipedia, pubmed, phys.org, Medscape, etc. erronis Nov 22 #13
Butlerian Jihad... BurnDoubt Nov 22 #14
This!!! paleotn Nov 22 #19
The ship has sailed. Professors are using it now Sympthsical Nov 22 #15
And there are more and more studies showing how harmful AI is, how much it dumbs users down. highplainsdem Nov 22 #23
We've said the same about social media Sympthsical Nov 22 #24
It's the end of humanity. We're doomed. QueerDuck Nov 22 #16
Dumb comparisons, and you know it. Or should. highplainsdem Nov 22 #18
so much wrong with AI barbtries Nov 22 #17
You can also create your own 'custom' search engine to do that ... rog Nov 22 #30
Seen on one of my fitness sites last spring: CrispyQ Nov 22 #28
Butlerian Jihad... BurnDoubt Nov 22 #29
OOPS!!! BurnDoubt Nov 22 #31
Seems Obvious OC375 Nov 22 #32
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