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> Alternatively, how does ChatGPT fit into the usage model for search? I don’t think it does fit into it, but search is a means to an end. What people want is
by Someone 4y ago
> Alternatively, how does ChatGPT fit into the usage model for search?
I don’t think it does fit into it, but search is a means to an end. What people want is to find stuff.
For that, it might work. I also agree with you that Google already works for it in many cases, though. For example, if you ask Google for the weather in Foo, it first shows you the weather in Foo, then ads from advertisers who claim they can answer that question, and only then search results for hopefully relevant sites.
- ajross 4y agoYou don't think a ChatGPT product would... show ads? Something has to fund it, right? I mean, I get that the response will be that it will be supported by some other business model (hardware sales a-la Apple, windows licenses for MS, etc...). But... then it's not an argument about AI at all but about business models. So... if alternative business models haven't disrupted search in the last 20 years, why are they going to start now? I just think this is turning into an HN echo chamber. AI will absolutely be revolutionary and disruptive, but it's a long road from "revolutionary disruptive technology" to "Mighty Hammer That Will Destroy All My Imagined Enemies".