{"id":12826,"date":"2022-12-28T16:55:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T16:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kommunicate.io\/blog\/?p=12826"},"modified":"2024-06-27T14:56:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T14:56:40","slug":"chatgpt-vs-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kommunicate.io\/blog\/chatgpt-vs-google\/","title":{"rendered":"ChatGPT vs Google – The Battle of Search"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ChatGPT and Google stand at the forefront of the evolving landscape of AI. And, one of the key areas where ChatGPT is now challenging Google is in the field of search – something which Google has been dominating for decades now. ChatGPT vs Google has become one of the hot topics of tech world , as everyone is trying to find the answer who will come on the top? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article is all about answering this question. So let’s start by exploring when this competition first emerged – <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Launch of ChatGPT<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

OpenAI launched ChatGPT in November 2022. And since the launch of their first version ChatGPT 3.5, Open AI has been aggressively enhancing its capabilities which has led to the release of ChatGPT 4 and ChatGPT 4o – which comes with more superpowers than the earlier model. Businesses and individuals are both getting used to solve their queries by asking ChatGPT which is able to generate accurate responses in the most conversation way – something which the google search experience lacks right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several tech evangelists have already claimed that Google\u2019s days are numbered. At the forefront of these predictions is Paul Buchheit, creator of Gmail,  whose tweet went viral – <\/p>\n\n\n

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Paul Buchheit, an American engineer and entrepreneur on the fate of Google Search<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

So,   does ChatGPT really has all the bells and whistles to replace Google Search? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We took ChatGPT out for a spin, asking it a variety of questions and putting it through the paces. The results have been impressive, to say the least. But are they really good enough – let’s find out in the next section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First things First: ChatGPT is not a search engine, and so, not a Google Killer, at least not yet.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We are so used to searching for information online that the small white line on the Google Search bar is practically part of our lives now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want to know about the best Mexican restaurants in the Bay Area? Google it.What\u2019s the weather like today in Tokyo? Price of Apple Stocks? Best binge-worthy shows on Netflix? Espionage fiction list 2022? The list of things people search for on Google goes on and on and on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, according to this<\/a> report, there were approximately 8.5 billion Google Searches per day, and the website is visited a whopping 87.3 billion times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, this is some serious competition that ChatGPT is against. So does it live up to the hype?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, we typed in \u201cThe best Mexican restaurants in the Bay Area,\u201d and this is what the ChatGPT returned in response – <\/p>\n\n\n

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But the responses are limited to 5 numbers, and this is the creme de la creme of the list. There may be tens, even hundreds of Mexican restaurants in the Bay Area that the AI just can\u2019t list down, as Google would.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google has a huge share of the Search market already, thanks to its Page Ranking Search system that quickly threw Yahoo to the second position in the search list. That is kind of what Google does. It takes an innovation that already exists and then makes it better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember, Google never came up with the Search. It was Yahoo. But Google\u2019s \u201cAlways in Beta\u201d method of iterating with a product and shorter development cycles means Alphabet Inc. always stayed one step ahead in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So you can\u2019t use ChatGPT like a Search engine since it only has data collected until 2021. ChatGPT doesn\u2019t know that Argentina beat France in the FIFA world cup, nor can it give you the review of Glass Onion, a Knives Out mystery.<\/p>\n\n\n

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But wait\u2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Just because it isn\u2019t connected to the internet yet, doesn\u2019t mean that ChatGPT isn\u2019t good at giving you answers. In fact, in some cases, we found that ChatGPT was much better at doing things than \u201cGoogling\u201d for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For instance, I wanted to plan a 5-day vacation in Switzerland and asked both Google and ChatGPT the same question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the results from Google – <\/p>\n\n\n

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I asked ChatGPT the exact same question, and the results made me stand up and take notice:<\/p>\n\n\n

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ChatGPT actually created a detailed 5-day itinerary for me in Switzerland, leaving me less confused as to what to do and getting to actually plan the trip. And all this happened in less than 10 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you can see, ChatGPT is less biased. Since it is a free service at the moment, there aren\u2019t those annoying ads that pop up as soon as you type a query.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the gauntlet is down. ChatGPT will fight Google in the coming years, and if Sundar Pichai is issuing Code Reds to Google employees, we are in for some exciting times ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wait a minute… You said ChatGPT is going to take my job away!!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ahh, now things get interesting, don\u2019t they? I am a coder, a blogger, a Marketer, an SEO specialist, a teacher, or any one of the fancy job titles we have for \u201cKnowledge Workers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will ChatGPT make me obsolete?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will my company realize that AI can do my job better than me at practically no cost?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is it time to go to rural Ecuador and start banana farming because AI cannot possibly take my job away?<\/p>\n\n\n

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Well, we will attempt to answer some of these questions, but to not leave you waiting, here is the simple answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we saw robots and then computers arrive, there were doomsday conspiracies that the average human worker would become obsolete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But did that happen? No.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We just evolved with technology, which, most likely, is the case with ChatGPT too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ChatGPT will just make the average worker more efficient and, in some cases, make them work harder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are three broad categories of employment types that will be affected:<\/p>\n\n\n\n