Those are good examples of serendipitous discovery. But what if you have a targeted need? For example, how to drive a woodchuck away from your yard before it causes more damage, how do you know when DIY solutions are not working, and it's time to call a professional? What's a good environment for ever-bearing strawberries? You know, asking for a friend.

Imo, we will kind of regress. If it was described in previous materials, llm will output it reasonably reliably. If it was not in the old data, it will tell you some bullshit. And you will have to hope serendipitous discovery will get you there anyway.

I like the era of open internet where people who knew stuff had blogs you could find and read. That era ended when google started to require a lot of SEO to just find things. It will be over and that is it.