I grumble about the state of search all the time (on HN, even), but the NLP is undoubtedly very helpful in the domains it's suited for. I regularly use it to an

I grumble about the state of search all the time (on HN, even), but the NLP is undoubtedly very helpful in the domains it's suited for. I regularly use it to answer queries that a few years ago would have needed to be a Q&A post on the correct site or subreddit followed by a substantial wait -- often when searching for some concept that I can partially describe but have forgotten the name of; within the first page (often impressively the first result) will be an official site, Wikipedia page, or forum post about the exact thing, without any words in common between query and result. Of course, there also needs to be some way to make sure that doesn't happen when not desired!