alt Hacker News> I can scan the first couple sentences of the AI response, and if that already has the answer then great.
But how do make the determination that the answer is good and you should stop reading the page? Vibes?
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Kiro • today at 8:14 PM
Before AI people got the answer they needed from the snippets. That's the level most search queries are at.
aprdm • today at 6:59 PM
How do you make it without AI ? Are you parsing through millions of pages yourself ?
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I think it depends on what you are looking for.
Most of the time I'm looking for something very specific that there are plenty of articles about, but clicking on the articles results in popups, banners and an unhealthy amount of scrolling to get to the answer.
AI overview provides me the answer instantly.
Think about suff like "does china borders afghanistan". In those cases you can be confident that the AI overview is right, and saved you time.
If it is a complex or niche question I tend not to trust the overview and go straight for legitimate-looking results