the way I find and organise information has become more polarised

fleeting and very much WIP, possibly a brain fart

I use DuckDuckGo or sites like marginalia.nu as dumb text indexes of the web, then LLMs (with or without web access) to synthesise answers or solutions. Google and friends sit somewhere in the middle, with a vague distinction between both approaches and being mediocre at either.

When asking an AI a question, I have a stronger having of double checking the answer, because my bullshit detectors are set to high. When I need a response that's just good enough. When using an AI to answer a question, I'm more likely to follow-up by reading a paper or opening Wikipedia.

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a giant foot-shaped snail with a house on its back. the house is still in construction, with a big crane towering above it The image is a stylized black-and-white illustration. In the lower left corner, there is a small, cozy-looking house with smoke rising from its chimney. The smoke, however, does not dissipate into the air but instead forms a dark, looming cloud. Within the cloud, the silhouette of a large, menacing face is visible, with its eyes and nose peeking through the darkness. The creature, perhaps a cat, appears to be watching over the house ominously, creating a sense of foreboding or unease.