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points by skeledrew 5 days ago | 0 comments

> when search as a capability does not need AI to function

That means a far less capable search engine. Note that Google search has been AI-powered since before AI became a thing; it's now just more advanced, and particularly, explicitly publicized.

[–] rockskon 4 days ago

How the sausage is made is irrelevant when the goal is to get students to research primary sources of which Google AI summaries cannot be.

[–] skeledrew 4 days ago

I remember a time when Wikipedia wasn't allowed as a source. Few years later, no problem.

[–] rockskon 4 days ago

I've never seen Wikipedia accepted as a source. Mostly I've seen the shift to recommending people look at Wikipedia's citations as sources.

[–] skeledrew 4 days ago

I've seen this OK'd in college, though the number of allowed Wikipedia citations was capped.