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>> So they’re not dead in the water yet but everyone suspects LLMs will eat search. I think LLMs are acting as a store of knowledge that can answer questions.
by phkahler 2y ago
>> So they’re not dead in the water yet but everyone suspects LLMs will eat search.
I think LLMs are acting as a store of knowledge that can answer questions. To the extent search can be replaced by asking an oracle, I agree. But search requires scoring the relevance of web pages and returning relevant results to the user. I don't see LLMs evaluating web sites like that, nor do I see them keeping up to date with news and other timely information. So I see search taking a small hit but not in significant danger from LLMs.
- fennecbutt 2y agoYou're right. LLMs can't currently index pages like a search engine in real-time, only from training data. Even when they hit the Internet to answer a question they're still using a search engine, ie search engines will absolutely still be required going into the future.