Subj : Re: Writing with LLMs
To   : Dumas Walker
From : Bob Worm
Date : Sun Sep 21 2025 11:31 pm

  Re: Re: Writing with LLMs
  By: Dumas Walker to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Sun Sep 21 2025 10:09:33

Hi, Dumas.

 > IIRC, there is/was a way to tell it not to give you an AI answer when you
 > search, but I haven't used it enough to remember the exact format.

There is a proper way to do that (something obscure like h=14?) which I can never remember, however it's very easy to remember the alternative method which is to just swear in your query.

I didn't believe it at first but, sure enough, it works - you get your f-ing search results with no sh-y AI. Supposedly they didn't fancy having news articles written about how Google's AI helped a kid find smut or whatever so if your query is a bit risque then it turns off the AI.

I'm sure if someone reviewed my search history they would think "wow, this guy's angry", shortly followed by "wow, this guy's boring" :)

Now I need to find a way to get rid of the ads / sponsored listings...

BobW
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