Re:Tell HN: ChatGPT is not a Google killer; Phind is
by smoldesu on Monday May 22, 2023 @12:11AM
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It's nice! I've actually been using it too, it's a convenient way to get access to GPT-4 for free.
That being said, it doesn't really "kill" Google any more than DuckDuckGo did for me. The barrier to making a Phind killer is knee-high too, so I'd expect things to look very different a year from now. The "search engine killer" mindset doesn't make sense to me in the first place, since both feel like they're good at different things. GPT makes something original that may-or-may-not be correct, DDG helps me find that Mega Man voice line that was bugging me all day.
Maybe I can't get hip to the new hotness, but I think there will always be an unpoachable market for indexing factual information. It might even become more valuable in an age of AI-generated content.
That being said, it doesn't really "kill" Google any more than DuckDuckGo did for me. The barrier to making a Phind killer is knee-high too, so I'd expect things to look very different a year from now. The "search engine killer" mindset doesn't make sense to me in the first place, since both feel like they're good at different things. GPT makes something original that may-or-may-not be correct, DDG helps me find that Mega Man voice line that was bugging me all day.
Maybe I can't get hip to the new hotness, but I think there will always be an unpoachable market for indexing factual information. It might even become more valuable in an age of AI-generated content.