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Nobody knows how to build with AI yet

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Flatcircle ◴[] No.44616899[source]
My theory on AI is it's the next iteration of google search, a better more conversational, base layer over all the information that exists on the internet.

Of course some people will lose jobs just like what happened to several industries when search became ubiquitous. (newspapers, phone books, encyclopedias, travel agents)

But IMHO this isn't the existential crisis people think it is.

It's just a tool. Smart, clever people can do lots of cool stuff with tools.

But you still have to use it,

Search has just become Chat.

You used to have to search, now you chat and it does the searching, and more!

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ivanjermakov ◴[] No.44616976[source]
> Search has just become Chat

I think chat-like LLM interfacing is not the most efficient way. There has to be a smarter way.

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mbesto ◴[] No.44622026[source]
Search wasn't just "search". It was "put a prompt in a form and then spend minutes/hours going through various websites until I get my answer". LLMs change that. I don't have to go through 20 different people's blog posts on "Which 12v 100Ah LifePO4 battery tests for the highest watt hours", the LLM simply just gives me answer that is most relevant across those 20 blog posts. It just distilled what I would have taken an hour to do down to seconds or 2 minutes.
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1. LtWorf ◴[] No.44622898{3}[source]
> LLMs change that

Yup. Now you get a quick reply and have to then do the same job as before to validate it. Except all websites are deploying crawler countermeasures so it takes even longer now.