I don't think AI search engines are a proper replacement for regular ones. The summaries are almost always worse than finding a proper article, which gives better context and editing (and doesn't make many subtle mistakes).
I think it depends on the specific query. If I'm looking for something specific like the date of a holiday, traditional search is better. If I'm querying about a programming issue that would land me on several SO pages that I need to piece together to get the full answer, LLM chat can save me a bunch of time and answer in terms of my specific variable names
> If I'm querying about a programming issue that would land me on several SO pages that I need to piece together to get the full answer
If I have to piece together multiple SO answers, the issue is complex enough that I better actually understand it. I am not at the point where I am trusting an LLM for this.
> LLM chat can [...] answer in terms of my specific variable names
Which has value 0 for me. What are you doing that this is an asset? Generating a huge block of code? Write a function!
Edit: in fact, parent is the author of a complex configuration managmeent tool (see profile) so getting a big block of code regurgitated with the correct variable names is probably an asset for them.
I don't think AI search engines are a proper replacement for regular ones. The summaries are almost always worse than finding a proper article, which gives better context and editing (and doesn't make many subtle mistakes).
I think it depends on the specific query. If I'm looking for something specific like the date of a holiday, traditional search is better. If I'm querying about a programming issue that would land me on several SO pages that I need to piece together to get the full answer, LLM chat can save me a bunch of time and answer in terms of my specific variable names
> If I'm querying about a programming issue that would land me on several SO pages that I need to piece together to get the full answer
If I have to piece together multiple SO answers, the issue is complex enough that I better actually understand it. I am not at the point where I am trusting an LLM for this.
> LLM chat can [...] answer in terms of my specific variable names
Which has value 0 for me. What are you doing that this is an asset? Generating a huge block of code? Write a function!
Edit: in fact, parent is the author of a complex configuration managmeent tool (see profile) so getting a big block of code regurgitated with the correct variable names is probably an asset for them.
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