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		leereeves 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Recent AI model progress feels mostly like bullshi... I like that it's unmonetized, of course, but that's not why I use AI. I use AI because it's better at search. When I can't remember the right keywords to find something, or when the keywords aren't unique, I frequently find that web search doesn't return what I need and AI does. It's impressive how often AI returns the right answer to vague questions. (not always though)

pclmulqdq 9 months ago [–]

Google used to return the right answer to vague questions until it decided to return the most lucrative answer to vague questions instead.

HPsquared 9 months ago | [–]

Fortunately there is a lot of competition in the LLM space.

Edit: and, more importantly, plenty of people willing to pay a subscription for good quality.

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