Sometimes I want a search engine, sometimes I want a good enough answer. Two different use-cases. When doing research I need a good search engine. Find me the

Sometimes I want a search engine, sometimes I want a good enough answer. Two different use-cases. When doing research I need a good search engine. Find me the official docs, not the SEO’d blogs. Find me that podcast episode. Find me the exact article I remember reading 10 years ago. Don’t try to guess and half-arse a result just because it has more ads or better SEO. I’ll do the hard work of synthesis because I’m looking to understand something deeply. Current search engines have gotten meh at this use-case. Or at least Google has. When looking for a quick answer, I need a smart-enough agent. How old is this celebrity? What’s the air speed of an unladen swallow? Give me a deity that starts with G. What the hell is a “nepo baby”? What does this random emoji mean when sent by a 20 year old and what is it by a 40 year old? Who’s that actor in that show with the thing? I don’t care about the source and I’m not looking to do research. Just tell me a good enough answer so I can get back to my conversation or whatever. Current search engines are pretty okay with this, but GPT is better. The two use-cases are fundamentally different and trying to merge them is where things went wrong.