This was a good one. I've noticed my own habits changing as well, maybe even more than yours: I pretty rarely "google" anything by just typing into the Chrome browser. Maybe "rarely" is wrong there, now that I stop to consider this - there are loads and loads of trivial little searches in a given day - but for more and more things, I want a conversation.
I will have to share a story about a purchase I made with o4 earlier in the year. IT went sideways, but I am going to try again with a combo of o3 and Deep Research in a month or so. I feel considerably more confident this time, and feel like we are jumping into a new paradigm headfirst.
Good question. I guess the simple answer is that there are 2 types of search I do. One is super fast and I just want a very, very fast answer - like what's the name of that thing I can't remember? Oh yeah, it's (blank).
The other is a thing I don't know as much about, so I'm trying to understand something for the first time. I'm tempted to say I'm doing more of the 2nd type, but I will often just go on autopilot for browser-based search (generally straight into the URL bar) to find something really quickly, and I may not really be tracking all of these.
If I could insanely rapidly get a quick answer and THEN have a deeper convo, that would be ideal for all cases. I think that's where Google is trying to go right now with AI search.
This was a good one. I've noticed my own habits changing as well, maybe even more than yours: I pretty rarely "google" anything by just typing into the Chrome browser. Maybe "rarely" is wrong there, now that I stop to consider this - there are loads and loads of trivial little searches in a given day - but for more and more things, I want a conversation.
I will have to share a story about a purchase I made with o4 earlier in the year. IT went sideways, but I am going to try again with a combo of o3 and Deep Research in a month or so. I feel considerably more confident this time, and feel like we are jumping into a new paradigm headfirst.
why would you say you want a conversation in lieu of a resource?
Good question. I guess the simple answer is that there are 2 types of search I do. One is super fast and I just want a very, very fast answer - like what's the name of that thing I can't remember? Oh yeah, it's (blank).
The other is a thing I don't know as much about, so I'm trying to understand something for the first time. I'm tempted to say I'm doing more of the 2nd type, but I will often just go on autopilot for browser-based search (generally straight into the URL bar) to find something really quickly, and I may not really be tracking all of these.
If I could insanely rapidly get a quick answer and THEN have a deeper convo, that would be ideal for all cases. I think that's where Google is trying to go right now with AI search.