I think it's related but different than simply a search engine, since AI: - Entices you to "confess" (or overshare) things about yourself, in the form of quest

I think it's related but different than simply a search engine, since AI: - Entices you to "confess" (or overshare) things about yourself, in the form of questions / debate, because the chat bot is built for this. The "conversation" aspect is something you didn't get with search engines. - Then, the tool itself makes it easier for someone else to draw conclusions and infer things from the "model" the AI built of you, even if you didn't explicitly told it these things. Maybe Google can build a profile of me based on my searches and use of their products, but I bet ChatGPT is at least an order of magnitude more useful to draw inferences about me, my health status, and my opinions about stuff.