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mpalmeryesterday at 11:18 AM2 repliesview on HN

On the other hand, it doesn't monetize any of the data you give. Six of one, half dozen of the other, yeah?

Re: image gen... it's a search engine. Why would I need my refrigerator to toast my bread?


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willis936yesterday at 3:42 PM

The privacy buffer between the LLM providers and the user is a large part of the appeal. Having it hooked up to a search engine outside of the data broker space makes it uniquely attractive.

Given that window dressing, having toasted bread in a kitchen that isn't selling my data is something I want.

fc417fc802yesterday at 11:35 AM

Because at least for my own usage of Google the LLM started out as an interactive search with substantially better context filtering that could tune the results to my desired technical level. However I promptly started just having it explain the subject matter to me rather than spending 30+ minutes consulting various docs and forum posts because it makes for an excellent secretary/tutor combo provided you vigilantly watch for misinformation.

So to answer your question, while charts might not be particularly useful for a search engine a tutor certainly benefits from them.