In my recent travels over a 2 week period, I kept a rough count of how often I turned to ChatGPT vs. Google search.
There were some searches which weren’t possible on ChatGPT – e.g., finding restaurants open nearby. But, for everything else, I estimated ChatGPT had 80% share. It felt fascinating to think there’s a solution out there that I’d willingly give up google search on mobile for (I’ve been using Ecosia/Bing on Desktop).
My typical questions were –
(1) Give me a 6 hour itinerary in x place with 6 year olds
(2) What is special about Y
Using ChatGPT for these questions was way more delightful – both because of the synthesis and the interactivity.
My mental model prior to this trip for harnessing the power of generative AI was as a productivity tool. I’ve updated that to include high intent search as well.
