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ChatGPT Caused 'Code Red' at Google: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/chatgpt-caused-code-red-at-google-report-says/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/se

ChatGPT Caused 'Code Red' at Google: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/chatgpt-caused-code-red-at-google-report-says/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/chatgpt-caus...

decremental 4y ago
I'd bet not just from a technical standpoint. I'm sure many people started playing with ChatGPT and were like maybe Google isn't so amazing and high tech after all. They look like ancient tech compared to ChatGPT. It's a brand image problem now too. Google: dinosaur tech that exists only to gather information about you and serve you ads.
- fullsend 4y ago
  The brand in general is incredibly weak now. When I use Google it feels cluttered with ads and useless results. Using GPT was such a relief. I use it 75% versus Google 25% for data science hobby projects.
  - visarga 4y ago
    Google, the new AltaVista
    - doctor_eval 4y ago
      Between your mention of AltaVista and that thread on amber monitors, I’m really feeling my age.
  - xnx 4y ago
    "incredibly weak" = #7 on the list of "Most Admired Companies"? https://fortune.com/ranking/worlds-most-admired-companies/ https://fortune.com/ranking/worlds-most-admired-companies/
kenhwang 4y ago
ChatGPT is one of those few technologies that: 1. Competes against and destroys Google's primary profit center (search). 2. Google cannot copy, improve, and give away for free to use as a moat without severe collateral damage to itself. There's very little incentive to use a search engine to find an ad ridden website to answer a question when one can ask ChatGPT directly for a much better response. Google is rightfully terrified, Pandora's box has been opened. ChatGPT may not be the eventual sole winner of this AI text knowledge base revolution, but it's very hard to imagine a viable necessary advertising model for this technology.
- fshbbdssbbgdd 4y ago
  Surely Bing’s ChatGPT interface will have ads. There’s no money in giving it away for free. And Google can embed a clone of it in their search interface as well. So I don’t see this being a competitive advantage for anyone against Google. If anything, it’s one more moat for new search providers to cross.
  - mtnGoat 4y ago
    Eroding your competitors business model is a business tactic. Many business run as loss leaders.
    - fshbbdssbbgdd 4y ago
      “Google minus ads” is not a strategy with a great record of success.
    - miscaccount 4y ago
      apple pulled this on facebook in the name of privacy. now they have ads and VR pulled away from facebook
- mtnGoat 4y ago
  At this point, I think the problem is the validity of the response from GPT though. I’ve seen some terribly unpredictable and incorrect results. At least with Google I have options to pick through. Once that is solved, it’s gonna be hard to go back to picking through the increasingly ad and spam ridden always changing UI that is Google.

ChatGPT Caused 'Code Red' at Google: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/chatgpt-caused-code-red-at-google-report-says/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/chatgpt-caus...

decremental 4y ago

I'd bet not just from a technical standpoint. I'm sure many people started playing with ChatGPT and were like maybe Google isn't so amazing and high tech after all. They look like ancient tech compared to ChatGPT. It's a brand image problem now too. Google: dinosaur tech that exists only to gather information about you and serve you ads.

fullsend 4y ago
The brand in general is incredibly weak now. When I use Google it feels cluttered with ads and useless results. Using GPT was such a relief. I use it 75% versus Google 25% for data science hobby projects.
- visarga 4y ago
  Google, the new AltaVista
  - doctor_eval 4y ago
    Between your mention of AltaVista and that thread on amber monitors, I’m really feeling my age.
- xnx 4y ago
  "incredibly weak" = #7 on the list of "Most Admired Companies"? https://fortune.com/ranking/worlds-most-admired-companies/ https://fortune.com/ranking/worlds-most-admired-companies/

kenhwang 4y ago

ChatGPT is one of those few technologies that: 1. Competes against and destroys Google's primary profit center (search). 2. Google cannot copy, improve, and give away for free to use as a moat without severe collateral damage to itself. There's very little incentive to use a search engine to find an ad ridden website to answer a question when one can ask ChatGPT directly for a much better response. Google is rightfully terrified, Pandora's box has been opened. ChatGPT may not be the eventual sole winner of this AI text knowledge base revolution, but it's very hard to imagine a viable necessary advertising model for this technology.

fshbbdssbbgdd 4y ago
Surely Bing’s ChatGPT interface will have ads. There’s no money in giving it away for free. And Google can embed a clone of it in their search interface as well. So I don’t see this being a competitive advantage for anyone against Google. If anything, it’s one more moat for new search providers to cross.
- mtnGoat 4y ago
  Eroding your competitors business model is a business tactic. Many business run as loss leaders.
  - fshbbdssbbgdd 4y ago
    “Google minus ads” is not a strategy with a great record of success.
  - miscaccount 4y ago
    apple pulled this on facebook in the name of privacy. now they have ads and VR pulled away from facebook
mtnGoat 4y ago
At this point, I think the problem is the validity of the response from GPT though. I’ve seen some terribly unpredictable and incorrect results. At least with Google I have options to pick through. Once that is solved, it’s gonna be hard to go back to picking through the increasingly ad and spam ridden always changing UI that is Google.