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petersuber
petersuber
@petersuber@fediscience.org  ·  activity timestamp 7 hours ago

I like #DuckDuckGo. But this simplistic poll about #AI ("yes" v. "no") doesn't help anyone.
https://voteyesornoai.com/

My answer is: "yes" for some purposes, "no" for some purposes, and "maybe/testing" for other purposes. By excluding people who don't want to oversimplify, or excluding their real answers, DDG has decided to collect bad data.

To be charitable, DDG might be asking whether using AI should be a choice ("choice yes" v. "choice no"). But if that's what it's asking, it could be a lot clearer. BTW, in that case I'm "choice yes".

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Flittermouse 🎸🥁🎹🏳️‍⚧️🐩
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@Flittermouse@girlcock.club replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 hours ago

@petersuber
They set up this poll to advertise their new AI-free search engine portal, in my opinion. Real opinion polling is a very complex endeavour and best left to the likes of Pew and Gallup.

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John Mark Ockerbloom
John Mark Ockerbloom
@JMarkOckerbloom@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 hours ago

@petersuber In the context I saw the post mentioned, I took the question to mean "do you prefer AI or no AI in the default response when you use a search engine?' That's a reasonable yes-or-no question in my view, since the default in practice will be one or the other.

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petersuber
petersuber
@petersuber@fediscience.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 hours ago

@JMarkOckerbloom
I agree that that's a reasonable question, and even that DDG might have had that question in mind. If so, my only point is that it should have been clearer.

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gjm
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@gjm@mathstodon.xyz replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 hours ago

@petersuber Strongly agree.

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