I’m confused by some people saying “Google wants you to use AI now”. I think what they mean is they think Google wants you to just use the shitty AI answer at the top of its results. This is because people don’t know how AI works and confuse the technology with specific products. A result summarized by AI has to come up as fast as possible in search results and doesn’t have time to find good or verified info.
Search has been broken for years before AI was a twinkle, because people and companies don’t care if you find what you’re looking for, they only care if they make money off you. Want to know when shoes were invented? How about 92 links to Amazon to buy shoes instead? I just stopped using search for years.
To answer your question, I use Claude, usually Opus. I ask it to find the information I want, where to look or not to look in some cases, and if its something technical or troubleshooting related , I tell it to do research and only rely on training data as a last resort.
Since I started doing this I’ve learned so much more than I could have with search engines, and had conversations about the information to really make sure I understood. Its also great for getting info on laws and specific scenarios and has gotten me, and friends out of several predatory situations that would have required an expensive and unrealistically motivated lawyer.
Like another commenter said, use your common sense, ask for direct links to its sources if you want to verify, and never use Google, Brave, or other shitty search engines again.
Message me if you have a specific issue. I’m pretty good at finding where a request went wrong if unhelpful info comes back.
I’m confused by some people saying “Google wants you to use AI now”. I think what they mean is they think Google wants you to just use the shitty AI answer at the top of its results. This is because people don’t know how AI works and confuse the technology with specific products. A result summarized by AI has to come up as fast as possible in search results and doesn’t have time to find good or verified info.
Search has been broken for years before AI was a twinkle, because people and companies don’t care if you find what you’re looking for, they only care if they make money off you. Want to know when shoes were invented? How about 92 links to Amazon to buy shoes instead? I just stopped using search for years.
To answer your question, I use Claude, usually Opus. I ask it to find the information I want, where to look or not to look in some cases, and if its something technical or troubleshooting related , I tell it to do research and only rely on training data as a last resort.
Since I started doing this I’ve learned so much more than I could have with search engines, and had conversations about the information to really make sure I understood. Its also great for getting info on laws and specific scenarios and has gotten me, and friends out of several predatory situations that would have required an expensive and unrealistically motivated lawyer. Like another commenter said, use your common sense, ask for direct links to its sources if you want to verify, and never use Google, Brave, or other shitty search engines again.
Message me if you have a specific issue. I’m pretty good at finding where a request went wrong if unhelpful info comes back.