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Google execs admit users are ‘not quite happy’ with search experience after Reddit blackouts (www.cnbc.com)

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Google executives acknowledged this month they need to do a better job surfacing user-generated content after the recent Reddit blackouts.

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[–] Kept7963 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The hype around it is pretty insufferable though, in a way neither of the other examples you gave had.

The closest example I can think of is NFTs.

I don't think it'll go the way of NFTs, but it's also going to disappoint people because it's promising to be everything for everyone.

As far as I'm concern it's a very powerful search assistant and especially for bridging the gap between regular and power users - being able to use natural language is a game changer.

I also found it great when getting set up with a new piece of SW, and rephrasing or summarising text on general topics. It's not so good for parsing specialist information even when asked for specific items.

I'm looking forward to seeing what other tools people build with it but thus far I've been thoroughly... whelmed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Speaking from personal experience, it was obvious NFTs would go nowhere and large language models would succeed. They've both been hyped by the public, but one of them has the utility to back up the hype and the other doesn't.

I use chat gpt all the time. I use it at work, i use it for looking up recipes, I use it to help with DIY projects around the house, and I use it to just get more information about a niche topic. The results are catered specifically to me and my question, and they're better than a search engine. This tech is only going to get more common from here.