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ChatGPT won’t replace search engines any time soon

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Re: ChatGPT won’t replace search engines any time soon

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Or, more likely, it made up a plausible IP address .

The curls have returned two distinct IPs. Both are google's. How probable is that for a plausible guess? Run the experiment yourself. There was an article a while back that shows the prompt preamble to get you going. See what you get.

ChatGPT does not actually execute commands. The IP is in some text dataset and it returned that.

Re: ChatGPT won’t replace search engines any time soon

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I think folks are really underestimating Google in this space. They have: 1) access to way more data than what ChatGPT was trained on 2) access to data freshness through their crawlers 3) knowledge graph for a source of truth https://blog.google/products/search/about-knowledge-graph-an... 4) their own large language model LaMDA, that is apparently so good it convinced a senior AI researcher that it was sentient https…

They clearly have the ability to compete -- STRONGLY -- in this space. The only question is if they want to, or if they'll act like the carmakers did 10 years ago when EVs were heading toward feasibility. They felt like they wouldn't be as profitable as gas cars, so they mostly ignored the concept and forfeited the chance to be first movers. Then when Tesla finally started moving significant numbers they were caught…

> Eventually every business model is upended. If Apple hadn't killed the iPod juggernaut by making the iPhone someone else surely would have. You have to be the one to kill your own cash cow before someone else does.

So true. And so few companies have the guts to do it.

Re: ChatGPT won’t replace search engines any time soon

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With an approachable interface I can see it replacing a large chunk of search extremely quickly. Lets be honest here: humans cannot even settle on what the "truth" is so whether or not truthful answers are returned is probably less important to the success of such a service...

Re: ChatGPT won’t replace search engines any time soon

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I am absolutely sure that if Chatgpt created a google like interface on a domain like askme.com. without a required login, it would become immensely popular. Possibly eating away a lot from traditional search engines. Google search is becoming the new Yahoo. Its becoming bloated if not already. And its just time for a new era in which a chatgpt like product perfectly fits.

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Re: ChatGPT won’t replace search engines any time soon

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I like chatgpt for programming but I don't like the sound of using a language model for math. I rather use Wolfram alpha

programming and math are the same thing

In the same way as building bridges and math are the same thing. There is some overlap, but not much for the every day tasks. If you want to build something completely new and unprecedented, you will need a lot more math, but still it will only get you so far

Re: ChatGPT won’t replace search engines any time soon

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"I suggest giving Kagi a try. It's a paid search engine" I dont like the idea of linking my search queries with credit card.

I can only assume if you don't think Google knows exactly who you are, you must have much more internet hygiene than most people do.

I don't use any google product over 6 years.

Re: ChatGPT won’t replace search engines any time soon

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But still you have to be log in with your account that is linked with your credit card.

If you used a prepaid card in a different jurisdiction (and that didn’t verify names), anyone coming after you would need warrants from two countries or to have breached two systems.

So private mode in browser won't change anything to be clear.

Re: ChatGPT won’t replace search engines any time soon

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I'm not trying to block domains from my search results because I'm afraid of spam. Google does a pretty good job of not putting spam in my search results. I'm trying to block particular domains because I know the websites hosted on them are utter garbage, and better alternatives containing the same information exist.

Like Pinterest. I don't ever want to see it in my search results.

Why does that site exist? It won't even let me see what is on there without a login. How can it possibly make money?
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