Is Google’s 20-year search dominance about to end?

Re:Is Google’s 20-year search dominance about to end? by mywittyname on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @05:00PM (#34715979)

I suspect the future is far more bleak. At least with "search results", users can scroll down past the SEO content to something more relevant. Once these new chatgpt models take over, it's winner-take-all for search results. Everyone is going to be throwing money at getting their message seen, since it will be the final word.

How much do you think companies are willing to spend to be the answer to, "what is the most reliable car?" or, "who should I vote for?"

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Re:Is Google’s 20-year search dominance about to end? by DrSiemer on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @05:18PM (#34716273)

Obviously those are not questions that you can trust an AI language model with. You have social media or real life connections to discuss that.

In theory it is possible that sponsored content will creep in, but that does not invalidate the incredible benefits a well trained language model will have, even despite the occasional for-profit bias.

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Re:Is Google’s 20-year search dominance about to end? by CatWChainsaw on Thursday February 09, 2023 @07:29PM (#34733862)

>You have social media or real life connections to discuss that.

You mean all your Replika "friends" that spit out answers from Bard's mouth? :)

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Re:Is Google’s 20-year search dominance about to end? by Aeolun on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @05:14PM (#34716188)

I imagine that ChatGPT would be useless for these things. Immediately saying “I’m sorry dave, I can’t answer that” even now.

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