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Alternatively, just change your browser's default search shortcut, and add &udm=14 to the end of the normal google search. It changes the default search results to "web" rather than "All", which removes all the extraneous crap they've added over the years.

Compare https://www.google.com/search?q=test to https://www.google.com/search?q=test&udm=14

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The wild thing is how much faster it is to load. I'd almost forgotten how fast Google's default search used to be. Thank you!
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You can block the entire AI response, but not the paid-for product placement in the response separately.
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Block the entire AI response. It's not a good thing. It tells you whatever google wants you to see. It's an incredibly powerful brainwashing tool.
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The search results without AI also tell you whatever Google wants you to see. The immediate solution is not to block AI summaries, it's to stop using Google entirely.
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Not to mention the entire well is "poisoned" now. You can avoid LLM points of entry. You can't go to a random source and expect to avoid generative output.
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There is a way to see old results, by adding "before:2023" to the search query.
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Great, as long as you don't mind the nexus of all human communication to be frozen in time three years ago.
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For many queries it does not matter.
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These days, the AI response is often a lot better than the actual search results. Search result quality has dropped drastically the last decade. Sometimes it feels even Altavista had better results than today's Google.
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The blog post says ‘These formats will also continue to be clearly labeled as “Sponsored.”’. We will probably be able to block them about as well as we can block sponsored search results.
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Could also just block the element in ublock?
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