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True, but it does not have to. ChatGPT is it's own thing. It has functions search engines can never accomplish. You can say the same thing the other way around,

True, but it does not have to. ChatGPT is it's own thing. It has functions search engines can never accomplish. You can say the same thing the other way around, "Why Search Engines won't replace ChatGPT?" The essence of what ChatGPT is is here to stay. We'll be seeing different flavors and it will be a big part of everyone's life.

kyrra 4y ago
Googler opinions are my own. (I know nothing about search). Google has LaMDA, which I could see them putting the answers from it into the knowledge box at the top of searches. There is no reason they have to be mutually exclusive, a search engine can provide answers from both. Google search is already an aggregation of multiple sources (images, web index, knowledge, shopping, video, flights, etc...). Adding another source seems like the obvious path forward (assuming accuracy and cost make sense).
- WheelsAtLarge 4y ago
  Very true, they already have different sections in the results pages. There's no reason why they can't have one more. They can also use the box as a way to improve accuracy by having user vote on the quality of the result.
- waynesonfire 4y ago
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  - dang 4y ago
    We really need you to stop posting so aggressively. If you can't or won't, we're going to have to ban you. You've been breaking the site guidelines frequently. That's not ok, and I warned you about this once recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33860364 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33860364. I don't want to ban you because you've also posted good things and if you'd simply follow the site guidelines you'd be a good contributor, but the current pattern is a problem. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and fixing this, we'd be grateful.
    - waynesonfire 4y ago
      Thanks will do
- antihipocrat 4y ago
  If we don't need to click a link does google receives less revenue? I think including more direct answers from a search query would require changes to Google's business model.
  - aflag 4y ago
    The ads would still be clickable. Clicking the actual results doesn't really help google much.
    - antihipocrat 4y ago
      Except for any ads embedded in the referred sites.

kyrra 4y ago

Googler opinions are my own. (I know nothing about search). Google has LaMDA, which I could see them putting the answers from it into the knowledge box at the top of searches. There is no reason they have to be mutually exclusive, a search engine can provide answers from both. Google search is already an aggregation of multiple sources (images, web index, knowledge, shopping, video, flights, etc...). Adding another source seems like the obvious path forward (assuming accuracy and cost make sense).

WheelsAtLarge 4y ago
Very true, they already have different sections in the results pages. There's no reason why they can't have one more. They can also use the box as a way to improve accuracy by having user vote on the quality of the result.
waynesonfire 4y ago
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- dang 4y ago
  We really need you to stop posting so aggressively. If you can't or won't, we're going to have to ban you. You've been breaking the site guidelines frequently. That's not ok, and I warned you about this once recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33860364 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33860364. I don't want to ban you because you've also posted good things and if you'd simply follow the site guidelines you'd be a good contributor, but the current pattern is a problem. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and fixing this, we'd be grateful.
  - waynesonfire 4y ago
    Thanks will do
antihipocrat 4y ago
If we don't need to click a link does google receives less revenue? I think including more direct answers from a search query would require changes to Google's business model.
- aflag 4y ago
  The ads would still be clickable. Clicking the actual results doesn't really help google much.
  - antihipocrat 4y ago
    Except for any ads embedded in the referred sites.