It's not a "skill issue", the product got worse.

If I wanted a chatbot, I'd go to a chatbot, I want a search. Making me frame my query as a question rather than just assuming it's a query by default is just bad.

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mattlondon a day ago | parent [-]

We have to remember we're not average users. As others have pointed out here, normal people always just asked natural language questions.

Why do you think it was Google who was doing all that research into AI that invented the transformer architecture - that all current LLMs are based off of - in the first place? Normal users just ask a question, they don't construct a query. I think there are quotes about Larry Page wanting "the Star Trek computer" - we've basically surpassed that now I think.

Google has been working on this sort of problem for decades, and it's paying off for them.

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venzaspa 21 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Google has been working on this sort of problem for decades, and it's paying off for them.

Is there any evidence to say this is true? Anecdotally I've heard more people (my mum, not just geeks) getting frustrated about the quality of Google search results.

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netsharc a day ago | parent | prev [-]

What average user wants to be lied to by a machine who is pretending to have human feelings? Fuck me, I hope I never have to come into contact with any product/service you work on.

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true_religion a day ago | parent [-]

I wish you could put some more effort into this comment, because I'd love to see a real rebuttal to this argument.

	▲	netsharc 20 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I can offer you more effort for a payment of 50 euroes...