We Need to Chat About Search

“For the past week, I have been using these products in a variety of ways: to research articles, follow the election, and run everyday search queries. In turn I have scried, as best I can, into the future of how billions of people will access, relate to, and synthesize information. What I’ve learned is that these products are at once unexpectedly convenient, frustrating, and weird. These tools’ current iterations surprised and, at times, impressed me, yet even when they work perfectly, I’m not convinced that AI search is a wise endeavor.” We’ve spent decades navigating the world (wide web) by searching. AI could change that, which in turn, changes the whole Internet. Matteo Wong in The Atlantic (Gift Article): The Death of Search.