I swear that with each update they're adding more and more artificial stupidity

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[–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I swear it used to be possible to tell the assistant to navigate to the nearest [franchise] and it would understand it. How has it gotten so much worse over time?

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    I don't know, but my guess would be people gaming the algorithms. Search results have also gone to shit after everyone SEO-ed them to death, and this is probably the same.

    My favorite optimization is this restaurant in NYC called Thai Food Near Me:

    Restaurant called Thai Food Near Me

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I remember that ten years ago you could tell it „Okay Google, bring me to [music festival]“ and it would reply „calculating route to [place where that festival is held]“ without problems. I wouldn’t bet on it still being able to do that.

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