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I'm going to say its a 'code red' for informational uses of search, but not other use cases (finding specific things by category, attribute, name). Asking ques

I'm going to say its a 'code red' for informational uses of search, but not other use cases (finding specific things by category, attribute, name). Asking questions, where you want to get information it's invaluable. You can have a dialogue and 90% of the time get accurate information, then ask follow on questions. Compare that with your average hunting for information over half a dozen disjoint, poorly written blog posts or stack overflow answers. I've found it a game changer for deepening my knowledge of programming concepts, in a way that random Stackoverflow snippets, and half-answers on crap-sites won't come close to.

pornel 4y ago
If they figure out how to feed it fresh data, it's going to be a killer for shopping searches. I want to buy a monitor, but there are endless "best monitor $year" websites filled with vague descriptions and half-assed ranking by whatever they thought was relevant. Amazon has garbage data and can't even properly filter by basics like accurate screen resolution. I want to tell LLM "I don't care about RGB LEDs and curved screens, find me a 32" monitor with 4K and HDR that isn't a gimmick". edit: I've tried this exact query, and it understood it! It included a couple of HDR600 options, but I told it to pick 700 nits or better, and it did! I'm going shopping!
- jeffbee 4y ago
  This doesn't seem like a good counterexample against Google. On the query "32-inch 4K HDR computer monitor not curved" I am presented with a shopping carousel, all of the entrants of which appear to be direct hits matching all those feature requirements. Why do I want a chatbot for this? I understand that outside the U.S.A. the shopping results might not be as effective.
- amf12 4y ago
  > I don't care about RGB LEDs and curved screens, find me a 32" monitor with 4K and HDR that isn't a gimmick I don't think I'd be okay with these shopping usecases. I'd want to compare relevant options. I'd probably still go to Google Shopping/Bestbuy/Amazon to compare the options and prices.

pornel 4y ago

If they figure out how to feed it fresh data, it's going to be a killer for shopping searches. I want to buy a monitor, but there are endless "best monitor $year" websites filled with vague descriptions and half-assed ranking by whatever they thought was relevant. Amazon has garbage data and can't even properly filter by basics like accurate screen resolution. I want to tell LLM "I don't care about RGB LEDs and curved screens, find me a 32" monitor with 4K and HDR that isn't a gimmick". edit: I've tried this exact query, and it understood it! It included a couple of HDR600 options, but I told it to pick 700 nits or better, and it did! I'm going shopping!

jeffbee 4y ago
This doesn't seem like a good counterexample against Google. On the query "32-inch 4K HDR computer monitor not curved" I am presented with a shopping carousel, all of the entrants of which appear to be direct hits matching all those feature requirements. Why do I want a chatbot for this? I understand that outside the U.S.A. the shopping results might not be as effective.
amf12 4y ago
> I don't care about RGB LEDs and curved screens, find me a 32" monitor with 4K and HDR that isn't a gimmick I don't think I'd be okay with these shopping usecases. I'd want to compare relevant options. I'd probably still go to Google Shopping/Bestbuy/Amazon to compare the options and prices.