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		hnthrow90348765 on Feb 18, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Generative AI Con If Google search disappeared and ChatGPT was still around, you could replace Google search with ChatGPT and still do your job That's why it's not a completely product hype driven bubble since there is a useful product there

staticman2 on Feb 18, 2025 [–]

I think the above poster was comparing search engines to LLMs and just using Google as a generic example.

LLMs very obviously aren't a replacement for live human written information which is findable with a search engine.

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