Calacanis: Generative AI will increase total search queries and user engagement
Jason Calacanis · GPT-4o launches, Glue demo, Ohalo breakthrough, Druck's Argentina bet, did Google kill Perplexity? · May 17, 2024 · at 1:25:52
Jason Calacanis, investor and co-host of The All-In Podcast, discusses how AI-driven search experiences like Google Gemini will affect user query volume.
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“My belief is that this is going to result in more searches and more knowledge engagement because once you Get how to cook your steak and get the right temperature, right? For medium rare. It's going to anticipate your next three questions better. So now to say, hey, what wine pairing would you want with that steak? Hey, do you need steak knives? And it's just going to read your mind that you need steak knives and Chamath likes to buy steak knives, but maybe you like to buy mock meats, whatever it is. It's going to drive more research and more clicks. So while the monetization per search may go down, we might see many, many more searches.”
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