Yes, nothing seems more obvious to me. Google's whole value proposition was built on the PageRank algorithm (recommend reading the original paper), and 90% of it's revenue still comes from search. ChatGPT is like PageRank on steroids, it compresses information into knowledge, which is what people want when they google something.

The have to get it to stop hallucinating first. And there's no easy fix.

I literally use chatgpt for so much. Like tell it what you have in the fridge and it gives you recipes, it can even rewrite my job applications and cv.

NO

Chatgpt is based on an updated version of gpt3 (call it gpt3.5) and the chatbot was released as a kind of preview of gpt4.

will it replace google??

I really doubt it

Am I the only one who doesn't like having only one answer?

People are still going to want to investigate. Yes, chatGPT helps you research, but when I try to learn something new, I read a lot of articles that have different perspectives on the same topic.

Also, our content bubbles are already small enough. Can you imagine that everyone got the same answers from the same source? *shudder

Or even worse, a different answer from the same source. Have you tried deleting the conversation and coming back a day later to ask the same questions? I don't usually get the same answer.

GPT3 is likely a bot that we train to sound like a person who knows what they're talking about. Not really knowing many facts.

ChatGPT hints at a perhaps near future, but it has at least two major flaws, which are the inaccuracy of the data that is postulated as correct. Second, how do you release a language model into the world without it being influenced/modulated by nefarious actors? How do you trust the data you are being given? How do you know if you are making things up? These may be bigger challenges than we are led to believe from this ChatGPT demo.

I asked ChatGPT questions and he provided me with completely fabricated scientific studies, when I asked him to cite the author and DOI of the studies, it's all fictitious, it seems convincing until you look up the studies and find out they don't. I don't exist. It's certainly very fast, very convincing, but it's not really an AI assistant unless it's an assistant that does shit and is therefore far from reliable.

Yes, this appears to be world-changing technology, but it is actually currently the Emperor's New Clothes. We'll have to wait until GPT4 arrives to see what the progress looks like. There are some big challenges ahead for this technology to overcome.

IN CONCLUSION;

ChatGPT is predictive text generation. It's not an encyclopedia, it's not a web browser, it's not a web search, it doesn't even know anything recent. And he will directly lie to you.

Predictive text neural networks must be fed with selected data sets. They have to be cured because uncured data quickly overwhelms everything else and turns them into crazy Nazis, it's literally the story of all previous chatbots. That means it takes time for new information to reach them, which means you can't be up to date on anything recent.

It also magnifies any biases present in the data being fed. If you see that certain words appear together, you rate them as highly likely to go together. However, that means that if the only data you provide about the Middle East is about terrorism in the data sets, it will associate everyone in the Middle East with terrorism. If you only give him stories about white people, he will associate whiteness with "good" attributes.

ChatGPT also doesn't know what it doesn't know. It will gladly lie to you if it doesn't know an answer and spit out crashing programs. He is also trained in a wide range of subjects, but not all subjects. Good luck trying to come up with the best Elden Ring strategies, and gosh, don't trust anything that's truly life-threatening.

https://theintercept.com/2022/12/08/openai-chatgpt-ai-bias-ethics/

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2022/12/15/23509014/chatgpt-artificial-intelligence-openai-language-models-ai-risk-google

Or maybe Google just buys them. It is standard business practice for large companies to buy promising startups and then close or integrate them

the problem with buying them is that OpenAI is backed by Microsoft (and I think Nvidia) so they would probably be behind the queue if an acquisition was ever put on the table.

But Google has its own version with a more advanced training suite to be released next year. It's going to be an arms race, not a buy, I hope they release something to compete with instead of buying it like they always do.

They already have LaMDA in-house, they just haven't wanted to release it as ChatGPT for fear of misuse and bugs. ChatGPT already shows errors and problems.

However, all it does is show them the need to make a product using LaMDA sooner.

A friend works at Google and he showed me some LaMDA talks and it's on par with what OpenAI is doing. It even leans more conversational and less robotic

Super bullish on GOOG long term.

And Google is the only one that seems to be able to offer self-driving cars. Google has a lot of potential between its core business, calico and Waymo.

Shit got serious.

I can't wait for the google v2 experience where I don't have to rely on my search engineering skills.

Let's go google. speed up please

The problem is that google used to be searched, the first page results include the studies you wanted.

Now it's search, sponsored results, 13 pages of political opinions and news articles, loosely related study result I wanted.

ChatGPT has been a breath of fresh air - I may not be perfect and mess up from time to time, but I can quickly weed out the nonsense and find answers.

Maybe if your search wasn't riddled with SEO spam and actually gave me what I wanted to see without having to add "reddit" to the end, I wouldn't be using ChatGPT

The problem is when Google will steer you in completely different directions based on what it "thinks" you'll continue to see. It's not uncommon to get different search results based on things like region and create regional bias.

I don't think ChatGPT competes directly, but it would be VERY nice to have a solid competitor to Google in web search, because if Google doesn't like you, your business is basically ruined these days.

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I would still like to use google for certain instances but I would like a chatgpt partner too. Maybe like a dual search?

There was a time when we thought people weren't stupid enough to prefer text messages over phone conversations. There were times when we assumed tiktok wouldn't compete with Facebook, because supposedly people prefer to socialize with "friends and family". In my view, ChatGPT won't replace Google for the few people who like to do proper research. But in general, people are lazy and prefer simple answers to complex problem. Most people will be happy with the summarized and succinct answers ChatGPT provide over the laborious options Google provides.

No, it is too expensive. Beyond that, it's attempts to curate responses to queries is subjective and limiting. Getting a different response on subsequent same queries is a drawback also. And then there is the question of coverage. And then there is internet misinformation. So no.

'search' is a consequence of not having a good enough algorithm to give you exactly what you want. With AI, we now have an oracle that can give you exact answers. Google needs to adapt or die.

If it starts citing it’s sources, then yeah, maybe.

I don't think it's as simple as that. I think whatever search engine is most popular in the future will have more sophisticated AI integrated into it than current search engines do. That may continue to be Google.

It's starting to for me. I keep almost googling something, stopping, and asking ChatGPT instead. Because I get direct, relevant, intuitive, comprehensive answers with no ads.

Bing will with ChatGPT. :D

But honestly no because when Google feels the threat it will launch it's own ChatGPT variant.

No, Google will just implement an addon like the one in the you.com search engine that will cover that functionality and more.

Google is in "code red" working hard to create a competitor to chat gpt.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/21/technology/ai-chatgpt-google-search.html

Deep mind (part of google alphabet) has created "flamingo" which combines a LLM with a vision system to get something that's more intelligent than both the LLM alone and the vision system alone, at both vision and LLM tasks.

https://the-decoder.com/deepmind-gives-a-taste-of-googles-possible-answer-to-chatgpt/

At the moment we don't know if Flamingo is better than ChatGPT because it's not open to the public.

But whoever the winner is, I believe future search engines will also be able to take commands such as "Give me a list of the Pro's and cons of combining search engines with chat technology". Similar to how you can type in math questions to a search engine and it will know you want the calculator function, and that out put will be the top result.

I'm sure they'll be stand alone Ai's as well that you can talk to with voice, and they respond with voice, or text when in text mode.

Google is already ahead of chatgpt. They have a quantum program running and their AI is likely sentient by now. You cannot compare Google search to GPT 3 or 4 to answer this. Nor can you assume that they just haven’t released anything first to ensure others take the fall for any ethical issues or bad press as we enter hyper-automation.

aren't they kinda different? chatgpt gives you a precise answer to your question, while google is a just a search engine for multiple sources.

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Nah they will merge

if it stay free

Google requires you to do manual work to get the results. AI gives you an easily digestible result straight away.

This is no contest.

OpenAI is already working on providing the user with the links to the sources to what the AI claims. I'm pretty sure that eventually those sources will be ranked for their reliability, and everything that AI says will have something like a "certainty" rating displayed.

Unlikely. I can guarantee that Google has equivalent technology and has just been slow to act because they are trying to figure out how to monetize it.

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Lol, no. Isn't that bot based on open source code? That Google contributes to? Take a minute to think about why companies contribute to open source efforts.

No

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I messed about with it. It’s very good at time saving for search’s. But it cannot do everything else that google does, so no.

here take a look at this https://www.perplexity.ai/

Comparing chatGPT to Google at the moment is quite challenging because the latter is still very much a child, but with GPT-3, Google ought to be wary of chatGPT. Try this one and u know I'm right

No, I don't think so.

ChatGPT is not a search engine like Google and is not intended to replace it. ChatGPT is a language model developed by OpenAI that is capable of generating human-like text based on a given prompt. It is not designed to function as a search engine or to perform any of the tasks that Google is capable of. Instead, ChatGPT is primarily intended to be used as a tool for natural language processing and generation tasks. It is not intended to compete with or replace Google or any other search engine.

By the way talk about ChatGPT. I'm using an extension of ChatGPT that it can integrate with search engines. It can't replace Google but it helps me a lot. Here's the link if u wanna try it.

Nah

Eventually ChatGPT is going to replace everyone.

It is highly unlikely that chat GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) or any other language model will replace Google as a search engine or as a company.

Google is a technology giant that has a wide range of products and services, including search, advertising, cloud computing, and hardware. The company has a strong focus on using technology to solve complex problems and improve people's lives. Google's search engine is used by billions of people around the world to find information on the internet, and the company's advertising business generates a significant portion of its revenue. In addition, Google has a strong brand and reputation, with a customer base that is loyal to the company and its products.

On the other hand, chat GPT is a language model that has been trained to generate human-like text based on a given prompt. It can be used for a variety of tasks, such as language translation, question answering, and text generation. While chat GPT and other language models have the potential to be very useful tools, they are not designed to replace Google or other companies that offer similar services. Language models are designed to assist with specific tasks, not to replace entire companies or industries.

In order for chat GPT or any other language model to replace Google, it would need to not only be able to perform all of the tasks that Google currently does, but also be able to do so at a level that is equal to or better than Google. This would be a monumental task, as Google has invested billions of dollars in research and development and has a team of highly skilled engineers and researchers working on its products and services. It is highly unlikely that a language model, no matter how advanced it may be, could replicate the capabilities of Google's products and services and the expertise of its employees.

Furthermore, even if a language model were able to perform all of the tasks currently performed by Google, it would still need to be able to do so at a scale that is comparable to Google. Google's products and services are used by billions of people around the world, and the company has the infrastructure in place to support this level of usage. A language model, no matter how advanced it may be, would not have the same level of infrastructure and would likely struggle to handle the same level of usage.

In addition to the technical challenges that would need to be overcome in order for a language model to replace Google, there are also legal and regulatory challenges to consider. Google operates in a highly regulated industry and is subject to a wide range of laws and regulations. A language model would not have the same level of legal and regulatory compliance as Google, and it is unclear how it would be able to navigate these challenges.

In conclusion, it is highly unlikely that chat GPT or any other language model will replace Google. Google is a well-established company with a wide range of products and services, and it is not designed to be replaced by a specific tool like a language model. Chat GPT and other language models can be useful tools, but they are not designed to replace companies like Google.