It is the exact opposite for me. Everyone hates the LLM based search products in my circles. Just look at this shitshow.
switching to LLM based search products in droves.
The shift towards LLM-based search products is significant as they offer more conversational and personalized responses compared to traditional search engines. This change is driven by users seeking quicker, more relevant answers and a better overall experience
Yes it's meant sarcastically. Personally I agree with you that you want to look at pros and cons, both sides.
But there are many, oh very very many people out there who would literally do exactly what I wrote. They do it all the time. That's why we have these echo chambers everywhere. And AI as we can see here is not making it better.
And it's not just the "general population". I see it on a technical level too at work. Developers just trusting the AI output. It sounded confident when it said it found the root cause, fixed the bug and added tests. So it's good to commit, right?
I don't follow NFL viewership numbers but searching and reading the results seems to indicate some support for that trend.
What's wrong with it?
The LLM responded in the affirmative to all queries, even when they seem to contradict each other.
> NFL viewership went down? Yes!
> NFL viewership went up? Yes!
> Home prices are going down? Yes!
> Home prices are going up? Yes!
Google is confirming people's biases on an industrial scale. Surely this is not going to do any damage...
1) don’t believe everything you read on the internet
2) it looks like real search results
3) it’s a bunch of crappy smartphone shots of screens
4) but why would someone work so hard to make these fake images
5) but AI image generation
6) but they don’t look AI-generated
7) but maybe it’s gotten better
I can go on and on and on
My ultimate feeling is “this looks legit.” But man. The internet just isn’t fun anymore. It’s so much work.
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