[efunneko]

I see this technology becoming more of a 'content provider' rather than strictly an internet search engine. In the last few days, I have gone to Google to get answers to programming questions, do an image search for a quick pic for a presentation in addition to the usual type of internet queries. The results mostly led me to go on to another site to get the actual data, but more and more of it will be pulled into the initial page. Google has done this for years and this tech will just allow for more of it. Why visit a joke site for some quick one-liners, if the 'search engine' can just generate you 20 good-enough jokes specific to your needs?

I could imagine the interface being similar to what we have today, but with it being much better at taking in full descriptions of what you want. If you want pictures of teddy bears, it could provide search results and AI generated ones. If you want programming answers, it could link to StackOverflow or just give you an AI generated answer with an explanation. Perhaps I am looking for a lively bit of free music to add to an indie game - it could generate that too.

I feel that this will eventually end search as we know it, but it will hurt the sites that are behind the search results far more than it will hurt Google. Google (or Bing, ...) can become the one-stop-shop for so much more than it is today

[osigurdson]

The current technology will not end search as we know it. Perhaps new technology will but currently LLM and search are complimentary.