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> If I had to choose between having a web browser or ChatGPT, I'd already think twice, especially on mobile. No way. Not today by a long shot. The limitations

> If I had to choose between having a web browser or ChatGPT, I'd already think twice, especially on mobile. No way. Not today by a long shot. The limitations are too great. Most of my queries seem to be way different than yours maybe… Where is the nearest X place, where can I buy Y, etc cannot be handled with ChatGPT at all. I tried it with restaurants in San Francisco and it made up restaurants, or included ones from other cities. If I’m searching for something related to work at the train station, then also no. Reading about any technical topic on chatGPT is impressive but knowing it’s untrustworthy makes me skeptical about anything technical but it’s code generation (which can be compiled to verify). Finally, I’ll search for pop cultural questions when out with friends (what movie was he in? What are the lyrics to such and such song) are things that are easy to use the web for, and the trustworthy and lack of realtime updates kills chatGPT here too.

ckvjdonee 4y ago
This is queries on generic chatgpt. Customised models are going to absolutely crush Google. https://openai.com/blog/customized-gpt-3/ https://openai.com/blog/customized-gpt-3/
pornel 4y ago
"Nearest X place" is a task for map apps, not broad Web search. But ChatGPT can actually recommend restaurants. You can ask it for ideas, tell it to pick something appropriate for an occasion, be picky about what you don't like, etc. Trustworthiness of the info is going to be an issue, partly because the model is too small to remember everything exactly, but also because restaurant reviews in general are problematic.
- vineyardmike 4y ago
  > Nearest X place" is a task for map apps, not broad Web search. Why? I have a big search bar and I dump everything into it. That’s the reality of how I search the web. Every search engine worth its weight has an integrated mapping feature and it will punt you to a map for certain queries. I tried chatGPT for restaurants and it made up places. I personally don’t need it to be a concierge telling me about places appropriate for certain occasions (although that would be useful to many i admit) when I can’t trust the results anyways. Fool me once… and I fall back to Google because I don’t have patience to be fooled twice. > restaurant reviews in general are problematic. Not related to chatGPT but I think everyone gets this wrong. Yelp et al are good for auditing a restaurant selection, but are terrible for searching. I find that those listicles from major publications that list “Best X in $Location” are great for discovering if you don’t want to walk around and actually look at storefronts. So I think there is trustworthy (enough) review sources, but the ML models can’t know that.

ckvjdonee 4y ago

This is queries on generic chatgpt. Customised models are going to absolutely crush Google. https://openai.com/blog/customized-gpt-3/ https://openai.com/blog/customized-gpt-3/

pornel 4y ago

"Nearest X place" is a task for map apps, not broad Web search. But ChatGPT can actually recommend restaurants. You can ask it for ideas, tell it to pick something appropriate for an occasion, be picky about what you don't like, etc. Trustworthiness of the info is going to be an issue, partly because the model is too small to remember everything exactly, but also because restaurant reviews in general are problematic.

vineyardmike 4y ago
> Nearest X place" is a task for map apps, not broad Web search. Why? I have a big search bar and I dump everything into it. That’s the reality of how I search the web. Every search engine worth its weight has an integrated mapping feature and it will punt you to a map for certain queries. I tried chatGPT for restaurants and it made up places. I personally don’t need it to be a concierge telling me about places appropriate for certain occasions (although that would be useful to many i admit) when I can’t trust the results anyways. Fool me once… and I fall back to Google because I don’t have patience to be fooled twice. > restaurant reviews in general are problematic. Not related to chatGPT but I think everyone gets this wrong. Yelp et al are good for auditing a restaurant selection, but are terrible for searching. I find that those listicles from major publications that list “Best X in $Location” are great for discovering if you don’t want to walk around and actually look at storefronts. So I think there is trustworthy (enough) review sources, but the ML models can’t know that.