I'm a massive AI skeptic, and I think the amount of money being spent is astonishing, but I really don't want to go back to searching the web the old way.
Asking Gemini _is_ just much better at finding you the answers you need, _and_ providing links for you to verify that information.
It will be a sad day when they start injecting ads, I really hope the foss alternatives catch up.
It's not really all that different from trusting some random post on stack overflow. You always needed to be a little skeptical.
I'm asking the AI things that are easy to verify, and often ask it to provide web references. It's working well for me.
I don't ask it about niche topics. I occasionally ask it about myself or my games and it's always funny. It's a good reminder how wrong the AIs can be.
Asking Gemini _is_ just much better at finding you the answers you need, _and_ providing links for you to verify that information.
It will be a sad day when they start injecting ads, I really hope the foss alternatives catch up.