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Bing chat has saved edge and bing search for me, it just works. I ask it a random question, like how many spiders you'd have to eat to have eaten a pound of them and it just tells me and shows the work. I don't need to look up how much a spider weights and then do math myself, it just does it.
Firefox is still my main browser, but I'll open edge to ask dumb questions and I have a lot of stupid questions and it has answers without me needing to dig through bullshit to find what I need.
Sounds like a great way to get a wrong answer
The great thing about Bing Chat compared to other chatbots is that it sources its claims. I always check the sources before trusting it.
Sounds like a regular search with extra steps
With regular search, I have to look through all kinds of results before I find something, and often I have to adjust my search parameters until the search engine even understands what I'm looking for.
The AI still needs me to actually confirm what it's saying, but that's checking 1-3 links, not entire search result pages.
It's also just waaaaay easier to talk to my search engine in natural language than keywords imo. I never know what keywords get me to my intended destination, I guess the difference is less big for people that do.