general web search

2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 27, 2023 by Benedict Evans · across every show →

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Mar 27, 2023 bearish
Opinion
Evans: Generative AI does not work for general web search
“I mean, it also doesn't work for general web search, which is what we can come back to, but it seems kind of hilarious, relevant to relative to all the other excitement and attention that's going on.”
Benedict Evans Mar 27, 2023 ▶ 5:12 GPT-4 is here, now what?
Aug 19, 2024 bearish
Opinion
LLMs are poorly suited for web search due to invisible error rates
“I'm really skeptical that you can use an LAM for general web search, just because I think there's a combination of, like, the error rate is real, it matters, and you can't see it.”
Benedict Evans Aug 19, 2024 ▶ 23:45 Google's Antitrust case
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