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I tested it out and got some pretty good results - marginally better than GPT4, which is a high bar! It strikes me that we’ve been clamoring that a better Goog
by johnfn 4y ago
I tested it out and got some pretty good results - marginally better than GPT4, which is a high bar!
It strikes me that we’ve been clamoring that a better Google needed to exist, and after 20 years, it looks like we actually have one. Albeit right now it’s only better some of the time and only marginally better, and of course it might not be phind that actually takes a whack at Google… but it strikes me as an exciting inflection point.
- rushingcreek 4y agoThank you! We still have a lot of work to do, of course, and the feedback we get here will directly improve the service.
- pleb_nz 4y agoA better than google has existed for a while now. A new generation of web tools is what we've been asking for.
- newswasboring 4y agoI'm sorry but what are you referring as better than google?
- esafak 4y agoKagi, for me
- pmoriarty 4y agoA search engine which requires me to have an account and give them my email address? No thanks.
- esafak 4y agoNot just that, they even ask for money! Companies these days...
- nr2x 4y agoDo you not have a Google account?
- flangola7 4y agoYou don't need one to perform a search. And also, no I don't. I also don't have an Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, or other FAANG account.
- unshavedyak 4y agoI'll never understand why privacy minded people (i assume you are, given your aversion to accounts) also seem commonly dependent on supporting the Ad empires which are primarily responsible for the privacy issues of today. Eg, you should be supporting search engines that respect privacy and offer clear incentives (read: services you pay for) not using Ad dependent services like Google. No?
- HDThoreaun 4y agoHow do you think a search engine whose incentive isn't getting you to click ads can make money?
- jeremyjh 4y agoVolume. /s
- johnfn 4y agoIt amuses me that not 5 comments up this very same chain there's someone saying they'd happily pay for a Google competitor which is even marginally better.
- nr2x 4y agoGoogle has non-aligned incentives with users and the gulf has been growing. Showing me the best answer is not the goal, showing me an ad is. I’m ready and willing to pay somebody who has a clear incentive to give me correct answers.
- skybrian 4y agoThat explains why there are more ads, but they still have incentive to improve their search results. They've been using AI for this for years and are even more motivated now. The problem seems to be that the web itself is getting worse due to SEO. Maybe more AI improvements will overcome that?
- ChatGTP 4y agoMaybe more AI? Surely you mean MOAR AI!!!?!
- nr2x 4y agoThat’s my point: I want an ANSWER not a LINK. They are incentives to provide the best LINK but not the best ANSWER. Whereas this product gives answers. Which is why I’m liking it a lot!
- skybrian 4y agoGoogle's been working on that for a bit more than a decade [1]. Presumably they're trying harder now. I like getting answers, but I also want links to sources so I can see where they got it from. [1] https://searchengineland.com/google-launches-knowledge-graph-121585 https://searchengineland.com/google-launches-knowledge-graph...
- antupis 4y agoI think problem is here that they hit antitrust regulators if they start giving ANSWERS instead of links.
- pmoriarty 4y ago> The problem seems to be that the web itself is getting worse due to SEO. Maybe more AI improvements will overcome that? SEO will just start to target AI's.. maybe even using AI's to target AI's. The next arms race may be AI vs AI.