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Re:I've largely replaced Google with ChatGPT for looking thi... by breadwinner on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @10:27PM (#43840575)
Ads are not the only challenge. Cost-per-query is also a challenge, as an LLM query is 10x more expensive than a search-index query.
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Re:I've largely replaced Google with ChatGPT for looking thi... by IggleSniggle on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @10:37PM (#43840646)
Is that all? I hadn't thought about that aspect, but I find it a little surprising that, even just considering post-training, it isn't more expensive than that.
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Re:I've largely replaced Google with ChatGPT for looking thi... by croon on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @05:02AM (#43842769)
I would assume (at minimum) 100x, but have not done any napkin math.
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