I stared using chat GPT for certain types of searches because Google is increasingly serving commercial junk. (I actually sent you a note about Google sudden serving crap to you just after I saw you speak at Burning Man in 2019, and you concurred). And it’s gotten so much worse since then.

For example if I want to know Napoleon’s birthday I can clearly use Google.

But when I wanted to get a variety of options about why people in power support fascism, Google didn’t appear to even understand my question. It serviced up a a bunch of stuff about the definition of fascism, it’s history, Mussolini’s biography, etc. Not even close…a morass of confusion. Chat GPT nailed it and described it in a way that a 4th grader could understand. A summary and bullet points. I won’t take everything it says literally, but it’s a damned good starting point.

I had similar experiences with researching what kind of 4k camera I should consider in my price range and the key differences between Electric Vehicles vs Hybrids (and it even gave a great summary on the impact of the power grid in different countries, something hardly anyone brought up when i asked dozens of people the same questions. I’m a green energy and EV expert, so I did this as a research project).