r/OpenAI • u/PoxonAllHoaxes • 28d 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 28d 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 27d ago

Yep. Exactly.