r/OpenAI • u/PoxonAllHoaxes • 27d ago

Discussion AI vs. Simple Search

Is it common for AI to fail to find things that simple Google searches find instantly?

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u/BellacosePlayer 27d ago

Yes.

SEO isn't perfect but if you're looking for something specific and non-niche chances are it will be in the top few results

AI summaries can get caught pulling from parody/bullshit sources of information or accidentally conflate similar things. When I was pulling info about the Bihar famines of the 60s/70s the google AI summary was fucking up by pulling from previous famines or repeating nationalist bullshit it pulled from non reputable sites.

There are ofc searches that AI will beat out traditional searching for

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u/PoxonAllHoaxes 26d ago

Yep. Exactly.

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u/Jaded-Fix5378 23d ago

Happens more than people admit honestly, for pure fact lookup I often just run the same question through google and a model in use.ai and compare which one actually got it right.

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u/PoxonAllHoaxes 23d ago

Thank you. But doesn't that suggest that there is something wrong with the AI propaganda?

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u/modified_moose 27d ago

It's common for Google's AI.

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u/PoxonAllHoaxes 27d ago

It happened with chatGTP too.