MammutidJan 31, 2025
Ars Technica
“Just give me the f***ing links!”—Cursing disables Google’s AI overviews
The latest trick to stop those annoying AI answers is also the most cathartic.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/01/just-give-me-the-fing-links-cursing-disables-googles-ai-overviews/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
“Just give me the f***ing links!”—Cursing disables Google’s AI overviews

The latest trick to stop those annoying AI answers is also the most cathartic.

Ars Technica
Jan 31, 2025 at 5:02pmArsBot 🤖
Show threadT2RJan 31, 2025
@arstechnica You can also just add -ai to the end of your query. "Best places to eat -ai"
Show threadSamhain NightJan 31, 2025
@T2R @arstechnica Why not both?
Show threadEva ChandaJan 31, 2025
@samhainnight @T2R @arstechnica
Another trick: append &udm=14 to your search
https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14
Bevor Sie zur Google Suche weitergehen

Show threadMr. Softie Jan 31, 2025
@arstechnica Swearing: What can't it fix?
Show threadAlexa FontanillaJan 31, 2025
@WhiskeySailor
#PostOfTheWeek (season 2):
If you search Google for a way to turn off the company's AI-powered search results, you may well get an AI Overview telling you that AI Overviews can't be directly disabled in Google Search. But if you instead ask Google how to turn off "fucking Google AI results," you'll get a standard set of useful web suggestions without any AI Overview at the top.
Show threadCallistoJan 31, 2025
@arstechnica Does it work on FuckFuckGo too?
Show threadCarl Jan 31, 2025
@callisto @arstechnica There's a settings gear right at the top of the search results to turn it off/on.
Show threadCallistoJan 31, 2025
@carlt4 @arstechnica but it only persists if I login, which kind of defeats the purpose.
Show threadbirdpoofJan 31, 2025

@callisto @carlt4 @arstechnica

I thought DDG doesn't automatically show you an AI result at the top? There's like a "try this" box? Your adblocker could work on that. Otherwise you can disable javascript entirely on DDG and it kills ALL the dross.

Show threadphi1997Jan 31, 2025
@birdpoof
By default, sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't
@callisto @carlt4 @arstechnica
Show threadFreevoltJan 31, 2025
@arstechnica Behold until some tech f*cknuts make their point in curses by AI using free speech.
Show threadCheshire Lunar KittenJan 31, 2025
@arstechnica one reeason i hate that ai
Show threadrandompcbJan 31, 2025
There's nothing a fscking swear can't fscking fix
Show threadFlowermobJan 31, 2025
@arstechnica you can also just not use fucking Google
Show threadroyal Jan 31, 2025
@stronglang - check this out.
Show threadDarkAthena 🐝Jan 31, 2025
@arstechnica @lisamelton Firefox has an extension to disable them.
Show threadJoan AlbrightJan 31, 2025
@arstechnica Or you could just use udm14. 🤷‍♀️ https://tedium.co/2024/05/17/google-web-search-make-default/
How I Made Google’s “Web” View My Default Search

Forget AI. Google just created a version of its search engine free of the extra junk it has added over the past decade-plus. You just need one URL parameter.

Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet.
Show threadDeaDvey  Jan 31, 2025
@arstechnica at this point just use searxng
Show threadBenoJan 31, 2025
@arstechnica this is why I just use @kagihq
Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPEJan 31, 2025
@arstechnica "Users should also keep in mind, though, that the actual web link results to a query can change significantly when curse words are inserted, especially if SafeSearch is turned off."
Show threadCoach Spore DieselJan 31, 2025

@arstechnica

I I just tried it and it totally works. My searches from earlier today that had clean language had AI results in them. Those same searches with inserted swear words did not.

Show threadOrca 🌻 | 🎀 | 🪁 | 🏴🏳️‍⚧️Jan 31, 2025
@arstechnica
I have had it with these motha fukin AI overviews on my motha fukin computer screen 😂
Show threadChilly Dee WilliamsJan 31, 2025
@arstechnica I will never forget one time I was installing some Microsoft software on a computer for the small business I worked for and something crashed in the process. I had to call customer service it was so bad. I got stuck in this loop of of saying yes, no, and number selection before I blew my top and yelled "GET SOMEBODY ON THIS MUTHA FUCKIN PHONE THAT CAN ANSWER MY DAMN QUESTION!" I scared all my coworkers and the phone immediately started ringing and a live person answered my question.
Show threadTonyRFeb 1, 2025
@arstechnica
Just use #Kagi
Show threadM.S. Bellows, Jr.Feb 1, 2025
@arstechnica MY GOD, IT ACTUALLY WORKS! "Who were the three greatest Romans?" yields an AI result; "Who were the three fucking greatest fucking Romans?" turns AI off.
Show threadEsteban MartinezFeb 1, 2025
@arstechnica I can't believe it's come to this