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Just ask yourself this question though... Is there a reason why AI cannot be far better than Google at providing results to queries? Inherently, they are in t

Just ask yourself this question though... Is there a reason why AI cannot be far better than Google at providing results to queries? Inherently, they are in the same business, but I am not very aware of any AI specifically aimed right at Google's business....... but it is completely logical that they would. Furthermore, it appears that Google just sells off placement to the highest bidder, and these AIs could easily beat that by giving free AI access in exchange for nibbling at the queries and adding a tab of 'sponsored results'

bdangubic 1y ago
> Is there a reason why AI cannot be far better than Google at providing results to queries? There isn't just like there isn't any reason why Bing or Duck could have overtaken Google all these years. > but it is completely logical that they would. Logical yes, there are a lot of things that are logical, actually making something logical practical is whole other thing... > it appears that Google just sells off placement to the highest bidder They have been doing this for years while their search and other business has been growing and growing... > these AIs could easily beat that by giving free AI access in exchange for nibbling at the queries and adding a tab of 'sponsored results' agree 100% on everything here except easily part :)
- gretch 1y ago
  Yeah it's like you have all these people staring at a little baby saying "theoretically, based on this baby's DNA, it could become the greatest basketball player of all time, if it trains for 4 hours a day everyday for the next 20 years, and suffers no injuries" Meanwhile you have Lebron who is already the highest scoring player of all time, and he's still going out every night and putting up another 20 points. Comparing potential to actual at 1:1 ratio is insane.
dragonwriter 1y ago
> Is there a reason why AI cannot be far better than Google at providing results to queries? No, but there is a reason to suspect that other AI has a big challenge there, and that is that Google is a trillion dollar company who is a leader in both search and AI and whose investment in AI has always been significantly about both improving its ability to respond to queries and avoiding needing queries in favor of proactively supplying information. And also that the most productive means of using AI to respond to queries about material facts continues to rely on something search-like supporting an LLM for grounding. > Furthermore, it appears that Google just sells off placement to the highest bidder, and these AIs could easily beat that by giving free AI access in exchange for nibbling at the queries and adding a tab of 'sponsored results' Google already provides free AI access, uses it by default to respond to most queries, and puts it above the sponsored results, with a link to go into a more focussed AI interface for further exploration.

bdangubic 1y ago

> Is there a reason why AI cannot be far better than Google at providing results to queries? There isn't just like there isn't any reason why Bing or Duck could have overtaken Google all these years. > but it is completely logical that they would. Logical yes, there are a lot of things that are logical, actually making something logical practical is whole other thing... > it appears that Google just sells off placement to the highest bidder They have been doing this for years while their search and other business has been growing and growing... > these AIs could easily beat that by giving free AI access in exchange for nibbling at the queries and adding a tab of 'sponsored results' agree 100% on everything here except easily part :)

gretch 1y ago
Yeah it's like you have all these people staring at a little baby saying "theoretically, based on this baby's DNA, it could become the greatest basketball player of all time, if it trains for 4 hours a day everyday for the next 20 years, and suffers no injuries" Meanwhile you have Lebron who is already the highest scoring player of all time, and he's still going out every night and putting up another 20 points. Comparing potential to actual at 1:1 ratio is insane.

dragonwriter 1y ago

> Is there a reason why AI cannot be far better than Google at providing results to queries? No, but there is a reason to suspect that other AI has a big challenge there, and that is that Google is a trillion dollar company who is a leader in both search and AI and whose investment in AI has always been significantly about both improving its ability to respond to queries and avoiding needing queries in favor of proactively supplying information. And also that the most productive means of using AI to respond to queries about material facts continues to rely on something search-like supporting an LLM for grounding. > Furthermore, it appears that Google just sells off placement to the highest bidder, and these AIs could easily beat that by giving free AI access in exchange for nibbling at the queries and adding a tab of 'sponsored results' Google already provides free AI access, uses it by default to respond to most queries, and puts it above the sponsored results, with a link to go into a more focussed AI interface for further exploration.