It depends on what kind of information you need. If i need an authoritative source then LLMs cannot really replace search currently. If they improve however it

It depends on what kind of information you need. If i need an authoritative source then LLMs cannot really replace search currently. If they improve however it could become the replacement. For example if you say find me authoritative links the AI could run the search, check the results and give your best ones. It does not do that currently but it potentially could in the future. Now this does not really replace the need for google as a search engine. It might mean that a lot of google traffic would suddenly come from OpenAI. That would probably impact googles bottom line. If the traffic gets big enough they will block it and ask for payment. Or they might even ask OpenAI to show their Ads to the user. If you just want a quick answer then LLM can actually suffice (if you trust the answer and dont need to check). Like for example how many eggs do i need for my cake?