Google is more "chatty" than it was a few years ago and ChatGPT is a quickly moving target it seems - it's answers seem more "search-like" than they seemed when

Google is more "chatty" than it was a few years ago and ChatGPT is a quickly moving target it seems - it's answers seem more "search-like" than they seemed when I started playing with it just a few weeks ago (more caveats and more likely to give multiple options, etc). It seems like we'll have fusion soon. I agree the results will be unpleasant. I already despise Google's fucking "looks like there aren't many results" message and there will be more to hate down the road. But still, appearing to give "an answer" rather than reporting information seems like a winning quality to bring in the masses. As someone pointed out, Google's target audience is inherently those credulous enough to be valuable targets for their advertisers.