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Google can't tell me what "Despacito" mean in a whole page

by nshung on 8/9/24, 9:52 AM with 4 comments

  • by throw310822 on 8/9/24, 12:57 PM

    I know it's nice to bash Google, but its result is not bad at all. It autocompletes the question (from about "what does despa..."), provides the necessary context information (artist, song video, full lyrics, related video among which videos about the word meaning). Then a section of predefined q&as the first of which is "what does despacito mean" and finally relevant web pages with the answer to the question.

    In contrast, GPT's answer is just text, however does what Google can't: explains how the title relates to the song's meaning.

  • by dcminter on 8/9/24, 10:14 AM

    At one point they supported the 'define:' query prefix, but that seems to be broken these days.

    It will be interesting to see what steals the crown - even with monopoly power your product needs to meet a certain quality baseline to stay top dog.

  • by nshung on 8/9/24, 9:52 AM

    Google can't give me an answer in a whole page.

  • by alirate on 8/9/24, 10:10 AM

    Google can't do a lot of things. Terrible search engine.