How to add AO map to Principled shader?

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I am using some PBR maps from Substance Painter (Diffuse, Roughness, Metallic etc). The Principled shader has slots for these, but I how do I also use an Ambient Occlusion map? Is there some way of adding it to the Base Color of another shader an mutiplying them together? If so, how exactly?
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AO is fake ambient lighting and has no place in a physical shader
if you want to use AO map as a dirt or something you can use it to mix 2 materials
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How do you mix two materials?
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With layer mix(if you want to mix bsdf) or color mix(in case you want to adjust only color).

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