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Plus, even if it is just regurgitating top links, if is something you can ask a question and then go to another tab to do something for a minute and then come back and there is exactly what you asked. Ignoring ads, you still have to comb through so much text of information that is, at that time, uesless to your needs when you go to any of those top links.

Plus, GPT is likely pulling from multiple sources at once and VERY quickly.

I'm so confused by the people that keep arguing this about just using Google. It's clear why it is easier to use GPT. Is it always correct? No. But, are you certain the info on the site you just navigated to through Google search results is any more correct? If it is a topic you know nothing about them how would you be any wiser either way?



But it's a paid service requiring your phone number, vs free google search!

As I mentioned in another post, When I asked ChatGPT who the author of a particular published book from 2015 was, it confidently made up the author's name. Google correctly answered with the right author's name when asked the exact same question.

GPT doesn't have my trust, and I'm not sure why so many are throwing money, and their phone numbers, and their trust at ChatGPT.


You’re right that OpenAI does not deserve your trust. Nor does Google. But with both products you’re either paying with a subscription or paying with your data being leaked to advertisers (probably both).

What makes the OpenAI product so much better is an ability to maintain focus. Yes, it lies (or confabulates, hallucinates), but we’ve been seeing the same from Google Search results too for years now by it pushing sites that deliver more ads than content.


My phone number is known by so many companies. I really don't care about that. I just really find it interesting and it's very useful as a support with coding.




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