alt Hacker NewsI tried both and it’s not even close which interface is better when it comes to answering a question. Google gives you stuff to sift through and interpret. AI just gives the answer.
Imagine you’re in the car or hands free or disabled and you just want the question answered.
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janalsncm • yesterday at 9:41 PM
The first of the two steps is a web search. The model didn’t answer from its trained weights.
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devin • yesterday at 9:08 PM
"just gives you the answer" is a problem when it is offered without context, sourcing, etc.
Such is the case for people trying to poison--ahem "influence" LLM results for "what is the best restaurant in $my_locale". You're playing a dangerous game.
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AI just gives the answer... which you then need to sift through and interpret as it's often wrong.
Google's UX is terrible - but a search engine (a tool that can put you right into contact with the FAQ or forum where actual experts are discussing your problem) is always going to be powerful.