A search engine researcher explains the promise and peril of letting ChatGPT and its cousins search the web for you
- Written by: Chirag Shah, Professor of Information Science, University of Washington
Large language model AI responds to questions but doesn't actually know anything and is prone to making things up.Charles Taylor/iStock via Getty ImagesThe prominent model of information access before search engines became the norm – librarians and subject or search experts providing relevant information – was interactive,...







