Perplexity.ai - The New King of Search

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Even Google Gemini 1.5 Pro is Not Good Enough!

I was a die-hard Google Search addict back in the old days.

Before Generative AI.

Then I met ChatGPT - but its value in fact-finding, especially about recent events, was poor.

Then, other LLMs came onto the scene, and I became a die-hard follower of GPT-4.

But then I discovered a product that had what I needed - fact-finding - with sources.

As a writer, you need to make sure your claims have backup, and in my stories, I make some pretty bold claims.

In the past, I had to do a lot of hard work to back up the claims -

But now - this customized, natural language processing expert LLM does the research for me.

It even gives me the sources of the information so that I can verify the claims - making sure its not hallucinating (just to be on the safe side).

Providing online sources for the information makes it a game-changer.

As, also, does its sophisticated reasoning capabilities.

Meet Perplexity.ai

Perplexity has a unique advantage over Google Search.

Powered by sophisticated NLP algorithms, this tool is designed to answer questions and for fact-finding - with sources on the Internet.

And the difference shows.

Query 1

What is DeepBrainChain, and what are its key offerings?

Google Search:

Google Search - Not bad, the second link contains what I need.

Perplexity.ai

The exact answer that I needed, with 5 sources which I can visit and come back to this window to authenticate the answer.

Query 2

Give me an example of a CUDA-Q Quantum computing program that is so complex that it requires a QPU to run within five minutes.

Google Search

Intermediate Results- More work is required. Not that near to the answer I needed. And no direction as to where to go to search further. Not to be surprised, because Google Search does not use deep NLP capabilities.

Perplexity.ai

Perfect. Exactly what I needed, with the sources that back up the answer.

Admittedly, this query was complex. Let’s go for something simpler.

Query 3

Give the complete details about the July 2024 CrowdStrike outage.

Google Search

Decent response. But you still have to go into each link and verify the details.

Perplexity.ai

Clear, precise, and with references for all statistics. Could not ask for more.

Query 4

How did Nvidia become the most highly valued company in the world?

Google Search

Not bad - Google used an LLM for this one! But what about Perplexity.ai?

Perplexity.ai

Crisp, short, concise summary with sources. As a researcher, I prefer this version. That too, especially with Google Labs still being experimental with Google's LLM.

Query 5:

What has been the impact of AI since 2018 in the world till today?

Google Search

No LLM. Good articles, no doubt, but still a poor UX!

Perplexity.ai

Excellent answer. Rich, detailed, and a summary of all the sources mentioned.

(Now, the question on everyone’s lips)

Query 6:

Which jobs will be replaced by AI in the next ten years?

Google Search

I ask for 2034 and you give me 2023?

Is the search engine hallucinating instead of the LLM?

And where do you have the facts?

Buried in the links!

Perplexity.ai

Excellent answer, grounded on actual facts, not on articles that are the most popular, but on solid sources.

And its own NLP-based reasoning!

Query 7: (the killer and the last one)

Which jobs will be resistant to AI automation in the next 20 years?

Google Search

Worse and worse. I ask for 2044 and it lists jobs in 2024.

But that’s the problem!

Google Search can only retrieve information from existing sources!

It can’t reason for you!

Perplexity.ai

This hits all the right buttons in all the right spots.

These are actual professions that can’t be automated even in 20 years - because they need a human touch.

Perplexity has the ability to think using Natural Language Processing technology.

And that is why it is, today, the king of search.

Far better than Google.

Conclusion

Google has to up its game if it wants to regain the spot of the king of search.

Right now, Perplexity.ai beats it hollow as far as:

• UI/UX is concerned
• Credibility is concerned
• Authority of fact-finding
• Finding reliable sources that you put into high-quality articles.

Quite simply put - no competition.

The advantage of AI answering all your questions with five sources plus where it got its information from cannot be beat!

Unless Google comes up with something better.

And yes - the entire Internet depends upon Google Search.

We have SEO, keyword planning, and Google Analytics, all built upon the secret mechanisms of the search engine.

AI has already started to eat into that.

And this is just the beginning.

Google has to make a choice.

Integrate LLM deeply into its search offerings and risk great wrath from those who depend upon it:

Or move with the times and start replacing search with LLMs.

If you want to be competitive, you have no choice.

Will it destroy the Internet as we know it?

Perhaps!

But there is no stopping technological advancement.

And Perplexity.ai is miles ahead.

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Perplexity.ai, nor do I gain anything if you become their customer. I just want to share my own experience, hoping that it will be useful for fellow researchers and writers.

The future - will be very interesting!