I was ridiculed by my Natural Language Processing professor twenty years ago for exactly this. P: "Pfft. So, what? You think the current state of search is goo

I was ridiculed by my Natural Language Processing professor twenty years ago for exactly this. P: "Pfft. So, what? You think the current state of search is good?! Having to type in keywords instead of just asking a question in normal language?" Me: "... is this a trick question?"