25d • Artificial Intelligence
I tried Reddit’s AI “Ask” feature
Well, not me personally, but this is from the Mindstream ezine:
The “Ask” feature can be found in the search bar at the top. To the right, you’ll see “Ask”.
Write your question, click on the “Ask” button, and watch it pull answers directly from relevant subreddits and existing conversations, that you can click into to read more.
That matters because:
- You can see who said it
- You can check context
- You can scan replies and disagreements
It also does an automatic translation if it ends up pulling answers from subreddits in a different language.
In other words, it keeps Reddit…Reddit, while helping you sift through the answers you’re hoping to get from Reddit but may be too
The Reddit search bar vs. “Ask”
You might be wondering what the difference is between the two, and when to use which one.
The search bar
The search bar by itself is a keyword + filtering tool that can:
- Finds posts and comments that literally contain your words
- Best for digging through past discussions
- Works well when you already know what terms the Reddit crowd uses
- Requires manual effort: you read, compare, and decide
Think: “Show me everything people have already said about this.”
The “Ask” feature
This is a question-first discovery tool.
- You ask a full, natural-language question
- Reddit routes it to real people who reply directly
- Best for context-heavy, opinion-based, or situational questions
- Answers are shaped around your specific constraints
Where it fell apart
I love the idea of this feature so much, really.
But, it didn’t quite work as I expected, mainly because it doesn’t thread follow-ups well.
With ChatGPT, for example, you can dig deeper with your question (sometimes ChatGPT will even make suggestions).
With Google, you find the best answer summary, with relevant links you can click on, all from a wide range of sources across the internet.
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