I may be too easily impressed, but I was surprised when I asked ChatGPT a question about exporting from MindNode to another application. Not only did ChatGPT provide me with step-by-step instructions, but it also included a link to a YouTube video demonstration to help me understand the process better.
This is the first time I’ve had ChatGPT include a video. Perhaps this has been happening for a while for others, but this was a first for me. I’m impressed. I’m finding myself increasingly relying on ChatGPT for searches instead of Google.
Yes, I am always impressed when Google gives me links with step by step instructions (as well as their silly AI summary they always have now) and includes videos, images, etc.
You are impressed that an AI did what a basic search can do?
I have no desire to argue the point. I’m simply sharing that I am impressed that ChatGPT now provides links to videos—a step forward for AI searches. That said, yes, Google is better in that it is more comprehensive. But I find Google-sponsored ads and clutter annoying and distracting. I prefer the cleaner interface of ChatGPT.
Not that much different from when a toddler starts doing things her older siblings have been doing for years. “Just look at little Suzy, isn’t she so smart!”.
When the expectations are low, it is pretty easy to exceed them.
Like I said, “ I may be too easily impressed.” Again, my point is simply that ChatGPT search results are getting more comprehensive and helpful, with lots of room to grow.
While I am not exactly impressed by the technical requirements to achieve this feature, I am impressed by the kind of agreement that OpenAI had to sign with Google, it’s not like Google would let them crawl the Youtube videos to get a proper dataset for free.
Do you think it’s that? I imagined they were extracting an optimized search query from your prompt and then asking the standard YouTube api for search results.
I’ve been very happy with ChatGPT’s progression when it comes to web search. It’s become my main search engine for most things. I appreciate its answers and the included links I can click through for the source material.
I was using one of the AIs for web search for a month, but it gets things wrong frequently enough that I did not see the point in continuing with it. With a proper web search I get many more examples which I can verify to some degree if I am getting correct info. Relying on an AI would seem to work against you gathering info in my opinion (but I realize that I am a minority on this board for not thinking AI is amazing).
For instance, getting help with an Excel formula (which AI is usually wrong on). With a Google search I can see the articles from the known trusted Excel help sites as well as numerous YouTube videos. If I just want the step by step AI thing, Google puts that at the top of the page as well.
It’s a matter or “retrieval and relevance” whether using an AI LLM such as ChatGPT or a web search engine like Google. Both fail on the relevance part of the metric even if they retrieval humungous amounts of results.
And while AI LLMs do not generally put out ads there are serious concerns about their data retention, privacy and protection policies. Either way AI LLMs and search engines are to be used with care.
Yah, it’s pretty clear that you don’t like AI search.
I’ve found ChatGPT’s web search specifically (vs just their normal queries) works very well! It’s a relatively new feature and it’s gotten me to stop using Perplexity.
It isn’t that I don’t like it, I just don’t find it very good yet. I am surprised people would limit themselves to it, when a proper Google search gives a lot more options. Maybe one day I will agree with you, but we obviously have different criteria.
Same. Though I’m glad it’s optional. I really dislike googles current AI enhanced answers because (for me) they’ve been far less help than just looking at the results. I imagine all of them will get better very very quickly.
This is good advice. It’d be dumb to rely solely on AI, especially just now, and when we have so many options open to us. Mix and match. As my Dad used to say … a man with only one tool is a tool.
S’pose that’s the same for almost everything we see on the internet.
They do different things I think. AI is good at giving you an overall picture. AI is also good at rephrasing text for example if you are composing an email or writing on a forum you can change the text to appear more polite or profesional.
I’m simply sharing that I am impressed that ChatGPT now provides links to videos—a step forward for AI searches. That said, yes, Google is better in that it is more comprehensive. But I find Google-sponsored ads and clutter annoying and distracting. I prefer the cleaner interface of ChatGPT.