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I just used it this morning to create meal plans, including grocery lists and detailed cooking instructions, for the next 2 weeks. What would've taken probably

I just used it this morning to create meal plans, including grocery lists and detailed cooking instructions, for the next 2 weeks. What would've taken probably 30+ minutes - googling around, scrolling past the blogspam nonsense, writing everything down - took about 10. This morning was probably the first time I started to understand the utility of this thing. In a way, it's like I'm finally interacting with the computer on the USS Enterprise. I don't know if that strictly complies with your definition of "web search application". It's definitely going to save time for me, and not seeing a bunch of ads during the process is wonderful - to the point that I really could see myself paying for it if they decide to go that route and take away the "free" version.

sologoub 4y ago
Would you be open to posting either a screenshot or the inputs you used to generate these meal plans?
JohnFen 4y ago
I'm beginning to understand that there are many definitions of "search engine", and that has caused much confusion to me. I would say that the use case you describe here is nothing even close to the sort of problem that a search engine addresses. It's more of a knowledge engine thing (and even that's a poor fit, really). When I think "search engine", I think of something that searches for web pages. What I want as a result isn't an answer, meal plan, grocery list, or any of that higher-order stuff. I want a list of websites. This reinforces my fear that this sort of approach might kill actual search engines. That would be a pretty serious loss to me, and a further reduction in the usefulness of the web. But saying that is not disparaging things like ChatGPT at all. They address a different, and valid, need. I just hope we don't lose an important tool in the process.
iamwpj 4y ago
How does this work? Care to share the prompt and output?

sologoub 4y ago

Would you be open to posting either a screenshot or the inputs you used to generate these meal plans?

JohnFen 4y ago

I'm beginning to understand that there are many definitions of "search engine", and that has caused much confusion to me. I would say that the use case you describe here is nothing even close to the sort of problem that a search engine addresses. It's more of a knowledge engine thing (and even that's a poor fit, really). When I think "search engine", I think of something that searches for web pages. What I want as a result isn't an answer, meal plan, grocery list, or any of that higher-order stuff. I want a list of websites. This reinforces my fear that this sort of approach might kill actual search engines. That would be a pretty serious loss to me, and a further reduction in the usefulness of the web. But saying that is not disparaging things like ChatGPT at all. They address a different, and valid, need. I just hope we don't lose an important tool in the process.

iamwpj 4y ago

How does this work? Care to share the prompt and output?