Choose the planet, choose Ecosia: why you’re going to be asked to pick a search engine
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/18270004
Choose the planet, choose Ecosia: why you’re going to be asked to pick a search engine
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/18270004
Choose the planet, choose Ecosia: why you’re going to be asked to pick a search engine
no, thank you?
Can someone explain to me like I’m cognitively bankrupt how an AI that keeps a behavioural profile on me based on what I search will help with fraud prevention?
I think the idea is that behavior that seems abnormal, or a significant departure from your norm might be seen as fraud. I’m not sure what kind of fraud you’d experience in a search engine, but here we are. If I had to make a charitable guess, maybe it’s related to you possibly being logged in somewhere and a fraudster may visit those websites (like shopping websites)? I personally think it’s bullshit with a laughably weak veil of security.
By the way, I love the term, “cognitively bankrupt” lol, I’m stealing it.
Ur not stealing it ur pirating it ;)
I used to use them and stopped for a while, and now they pull this crap?
Sure, fella, that was all you. I follow that issue very closely, can't say Ecosia has really been a driving force behind it. I've never heard of them, in fact. Why do they feel the need to lie? I wouldn't use them even if they weren't reskinned Bing just for the above paragraph alone, can't really trust a company that lies about stuff it doesn't even need to lie about.
So this is just bing?
Basically a Bing front-end that uses ad money to plant trees.
Most search engines are just bing. Search engines are roughly in the same state of non-diversity as web browsers :/
if brave goes eco friendly il drop ecosia (mostly)
Why not use DDG or something (also Bing) and just donate like $5 or whatever to a tree planting service?
no expenses
Yes, but slower (default search at my company, changed it after a few minutes)
So fwiw, it has ChatGPT-3
Using a technology known for high energy cost and increase in emissions seems very counterproductive to their goals lol
Sounds great for the planet ! /s
asking it its name is not a reliable way to determine which model it is, gpt 4 still thinks it's gpt3 (the reason it answers correctly on openai website is because they tell it that in the system prompt)
Alright, well, I haven't got more time to spend on hacking the prompts to get it to disclose intel. So that's the best I got.
Id rather not
I’d rather directly use Bing and utilize the 'Give with Bing' feature to donate to a non-profit of choice; when I did use Bing, I did it for LGBT and LGBT Youth.
Ecosia is scam. Use a bookmark collection, go out, meet some friends, your internet searches are not the biggest problem.
i do not give a fuck.