From: jeroen@nospam.please   
      
   On 1/27/26 10:02, Jeroen Belleman wrote:   
   > On 1/26/26 23:48, Don Y wrote:   
   >> I am increasingly amused -- to the point of dismay! -- about how   
   >> little common sense is noted in "answers" provided by tools.   
   >>   
   >> Search engines, of course, are notoriously bad at allowing for   
   >> criteria refinement -- the more terms you add (increasing specificity),   
   >> the more results you get!   
   >>   
   >> But, it seems to be creeping into more "solutions" -- where the   
   >> algorithm chosen simply doesn't exhibit common sense.   
   >>   
   >> E.g., specifying "Penny's" [sic] in the GS gives me a location   
   >> some 1000+ miles from here!  Does the GPS (which could have been   
   >> observing ALL of my travels for the past decade -- never leaving   
   >> the city limits in that vehicle!) think I *suddenly* am interested   
   >> in a cross-country trek?  Wouldn't a more likely scenario be that   
   >> something is wrong with the criteria I've specified (or, its   
   >> interpretation of it)?   
   >   
   > I don't agree. I don't want a machine trying to second-guess   
   > my intentions. It's supposed to do what I ask for, even if   
   > the results aren't pertinent.   
   >   
   > I *do* agree that giving more criteria should narrow down   
   > the results, not expand them. Search engines used to accept   
   > boolean logic and regular expressions, but not anymore. Too   
   > geeky, I suppose.   
   >   
   > Jeroen Belleman   
   >   
      
   Another point, in favour of AI, this time. The search results   
   from search engines are intentionally crafted to *not* show   
   any pertinent answers in the list of search results, so that   
   you are forced to actually click on a link to see more.   
   (Often to discover that it still doesn't give you the info   
   you were looking for.)   
      
   The AI-generated blurb often *does* provide the desired   
   answer without needing to click through.   
      
   I expect this will be temporary, until everyone learns to   
   spoil the game.   
      
   Jeroen Belleman   
      
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