When Google came on to the scene most people were excited for tech innovations. We became fearful when we realized the potential for intrusion into our lives.

when we had to opt of things for privacy. Not sure when that ship sailed but we know now it has.

Personally, I find it very useful for evaluating ideas and exploring options.
YMMV

Don’t expect it to know things it cannot possibly know. Also who wants to read paragraphs for something their brain could decide in a few seconds?

I am horrified at how quickly people flock to some new tech without giving much, if any, thought as to how it might not be a good idea in the long run. Some think it's fine to go blindly into uncertainty because... I honestly don't get it.

I will never willfully use or recommend using AI and hope that it burns enough people on the nose to make them abandon it in the very near future.

I realize in some cases it can save time but there are some things it can’t know without someone inputting a lot of information. Seems to defeat the purpose.

and currently have documented error rates running from 7 to at leaset 88%, depending on the subject area.

I'd guess people quote AI responses because (1) thinking requires more effort than googling; (2)most search engines now seem to put them at the top of their search results; and (3) people rightly distrust AI responses and so mention that that's what they are by way of a caveat (i.e., "here's what an AI said, fwiw, which may not be much&quot .

AIs will get smarter, but at present, I understand that a lot of companies are experiencing buyer's remorse and trying to hire back more humans.

Seems outright foolish in this case

It's all noise.

If they had anything meaningful to say they'd say it.

I wanted to type the answer to both questions as WHENEVER WE WANT!

Maybe I should respond with, well I ran it through Phentex and here’s what it said

Just how much slower every search is.. not a good case for increased efficiency or anything else for that matter, including accuracy..