[riku_iki]

Chatbots are clear replacement for search with all implications and huge revenue for winner.

[nukem222]

How do you figure? Chatbots don't cite their sources (unless you explicitly set up an RAG); search engines do. What value does the former have?

Chatbots seem more useful for stuff like generating filler and changing tone.

[riku_iki]

topic is revenue stream, so chatbots can become major revenue surface, and chatbot winner brand will get most revenue stream, while search engines will be just some switchable backend.

[kridsdale1]

Right. A few years from now these will all have figured out insidious ad insertion techniques and the economics will be very different.