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Only tangentially related but I've tried using GPT-3 as a replacement/alternative to Google (Search) when looking for information on non-current events. Google
by reset-password 4y ago
Only tangentially related but I've tried using GPT-3 as a replacement/alternative to Google (Search) when looking for information on non-current events.
Google is incentivized to show me more pages that have ads on them rather than pages where I might find an answer and stop searching. Every click in Google is one unit of their product that I've manufactured and drop-shipped directly to their customer, so of course that leads to search results being the carrot on the stick that produces more search queries (ad impressions). When Google does show me a page in this year 2022, it was likely written by an AI writer anyway. They've just "added value" to the page by putting in ads and affiliate links.
Using GPT-3 feels like a shortcut that gets me past all of that garbage, and straight to the questionably factual text I'm looking for.
- glenneroo 4y agoSounds like maybe a good startup idea brewing here...