A New Chat Bot Is a ‘Code Red’ for Google’s Search Business

Re:A New Chat Bot Is a ‘Code Red’ for Google’s Search Business by spaceman_2020 on Saturday December 24, 2022 @05:44AM (#34115690)

For technical queries, its not even close.

Try searching for, say, “what is npm install -D”

Google just throws up results about NPM, completely ignoring the most crucial part of the query, “-D”. ChatGPT shows a precise answer about npm dev dependencies.

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Re:A New Chat Bot Is a ‘Code Red’ for Google’s Search Business by rainbowzootsuit on Saturday December 24, 2022 @06:39AM (#34115969)

A little hard to exactly know your inputs, but it seems like you used the query between the quotes. The "-" excludes the "D" from the search.

Wrap it in quotes:

npm install "-D"

Or without the "-":

npm install D

Seem to give more relevant results by cursory testing than

npm install -D

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Re:A New Chat Bot Is a ‘Code Red’ for Google’s Search Business by spaceman_2020 on Saturday December 24, 2022 @07:00AM (#34116065)

The top most result is just the npm core documentation. The first reference to -D is 658 words down, whereas ChatGPT has a precise answer.

It's not just better, it's miles better.

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Re:A New Chat Bot Is a ‘Code Red’ for Google’s Search Business by wruza on Saturday December 24, 2022 @07:05AM (#34116098)

My top result is a SO page with that exact question. Our mileages wary, I guess.

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Re:A New Chat Bot Is a ‘Code Red’ for Google’s Search Business by wruza on Saturday December 24, 2022 @07:02AM (#34116079)

This compares different mini languages. -D works as “result not includes D”, at least it worked that way before.

Search for “what is npm install D” instead.

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