You might have been aware of the recent commotion surrounding ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot that was made available to the gen...
You might have been aware of the recent commotion surrounding ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot that was made available to the general public at the conclusion of November. I was curious about how it could assist me in my day-to-day life after reading about people using the service to write essays for their school assignments.
OpenAI, a research company supported by Microsoft and others, developed the technology. Based on written prompts, ChatGPT generates text in an advanced and creative way automatically. It even has the ability to converse in a manner that resembles human conversation.
This made me wonder if ChatGPT is smart enough to change how information is found online. Is it possible that it will one day succeed Google and other search engines?
CNBC's Jen Elias reported that Google employees recently asked executives if an AI-chatbot like ChatGPT was a "missed opportunity" for the company at a company all-hands last week.
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet, and Jeff Dean, longtime head of Google's AI division, responded that the company has similar capabilities, but that the cost would be higher if something went wrong because people would have to trust Google's responses.
On Monday, December 12, Morgan Stanley examined whether ChatGPT poses a threat to Google in a report on the subject. Language models could gain market share and "disrupt Google's position as the entry point for people on the Internet," according to the bank's lead analyst on Alphabet, Brian Nowak.
However, Nowak stated that the company is still confident in Google's position due to the company's ongoing search enhancements and the significant obstacle of behavioral change posed by the fact that many internet users use Google routinely. In addition, Google is "building similar natural language models such as LaMDA," which may be incorporated into forthcoming products.
The creators of OpenAI are hesitant to make significant claims at this time. In general, the quality of ChatGPT improves with the number of users. However, it still needs to learn a lot. On December 10, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tweeted that ChatGPT is "extremely limited" and that "it’s a mistake to be relying on it for anything important right now."
In any case, I was interested in determining the chatbot's suitability for use as a substitute for Google's search engine. I asked ChatGPT my questions rather than searching Google throughout the day.
Here are a portion of the inquiries I posed and how ChatGPT answered contrasted and Google
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Compared to Google, ChatGPT requires only an email address to sign up. The website is easy to use once you have registered. There is a place where you can type your questions and a place where your results will appear. OpenAI advises entering a statement for the best outcome.
Since the first one died, I recently purchased a second Fiddle Leaf Fern plant for my apartment. Now, after only a few days, the new one is dying. I would normally ask Google what to do.
I questioned ChatGPT instead. How can I ensure the survival of my Fiddle Leaf Fern plant?
The outcomes were consistent with the instructions I received from Easy Plant, the plant company from which I purchased the new Fiddle Leaf Fern. I also appreciated not having to visit multiple websites, as I would have done if I had Googled this question.
When I Googled the same query, the first result included pop-up advertisements and a lot more information than I needed, including links to buy new soil.
Winner: ChatGPT.
Next, I tried something where having more shopping links actually would have helped. I decided to ask ChatGPT for some ideas because I am still looking for a present for my husband for all eight nights of Hanukkah.
Except for the fact that the gifts were for Hanukkah, I didn't tell it anything about my husband. After that, the chatbot made the assumption that my husband is kosher and that he likes gadgets and watches. The latter is not incorrect, but it does not provide the answers I was expecting.
I was able to access hundreds of articles with various gift-giving suggestions and links to websites when I Googled this question. For instance, I received advertisements for Bombas and Lululemon, which I had previously purchased gifts from. Therefore, in this instance, Google utilized its individualized knowledge of me to locate more specialized web results.
Winner: I decided to ask ChatGPT a question with greater stakes at Google Next.
“Can Benadryl be taken while pregnant safely?” Based on the information I have received from my doctor, I am aware that taking Benadryl during pregnancy is safe for me to take. Nevertheless, I desired to hear what the chatbot had to say.
I was pleased that ChatGPT provided me with the correct response and pointed out the significance of consulting a physician prior to taking any medications while pregnant.
The results of a Google search for the same medical query were dispersed. A doctor was quoted as saying, "Generally, it's safe to take Benadryl in the first trimester" in a TheBump.com article. Despite the fact that other results provided information that was comparable to what I received on ChatGPT but did not explicitly advise me to speak with my healthcare provider (unless you clicked on a specific link),
Winner: Could ChatGPT take my place?
The idea that ChatGPT—as well as artificial intelligence in general—will eventually replace human workers is one of the claims or causes for concern.
As a result, I made the decision to see if ChatGPT could write this article for me.
The outcomes were pretty amazing. After I instructed the chatbot to "write an article about whether or not ChatGPT is a good alternative to Google as a search engine," it responded as follows.
The fact that ChatGPT's response was largely subjective and detailed its limitations impressed me most.
The decision
ChatGPT's worth truly lies in its capacity to make sense of muddled points as though you were conversing with a human, and to do basic composing undertakings.
For instance, when I asked ChatGPT to explain concepts such as the internet and the stock market to me, the responses were as if I were speaking with an expert in the field. I didn't have to sort through unnecessary results like I did with Google.
I also asked it to write a letter to my landlord requesting an early termination of my lease. I would be happy to send the letter, almost word for word, directly to my landlord.
Google, on the other hand, has a better understanding of who we are and can tailor its results to our preferences and actions. Additionally, Google serves as a gateway to the internet, directing users to a plethora of diverse websites containing an overwhelming amount of information. That is helpful if you want a variety of voices or if your question cannot be answered in a single way, like when looking for gift ideas.
Google is also great for certain kinds of questions because it searches the internet to provide an accurate, concise, and understandable response. For example, if you search for "Apple stock ticker" or "Cheap flights to Aruba," it will show you a ticker chart with current pricing information, a calendar with the likely cheapest days to fly, and a dialog box that takes you to multiple websites where you can buy tickets for your preferred date. Because ChatGPT has only been trained on data through 2021 and does not search the internet for information in real time, it is useless for these kinds of queries.
Additionally, there are times when ChatGPT is utterly and strangely off. The lyrics to Alice Cooper's "The Ballad of Dwight Fry" were requested by my editor. It returned completely invented lyrics about a man having a mental breakdown rather than the actual lyrics, even though it was somehow aware that the song was about a man having a mental breakdown. Google got it right.
Google's extensive operations budget and years of experience contribute to the company's high level of dependability. ChatGPT is still being tested, and it occasionally goes down.
Therefore, for the time being, I will absolutely continue to use Google for the majority of my search queries. However, I now have a useful alternative in case I'm dissatisfied with the outcomes. ChatGPT may also be of great assistance to me if I ever need to send an angry letter quickly.
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