It's interesting that the author starts with a notion of equating search engines with answering questions.
> "Google is great at answering questions with an objective answer, like “# of billionaires in the world” or “What is the population of Iceland”. It’s pretty bad at answering questions that require judgment and context like “What do NFT collectors think about NFTs?”."
I expect search engines to search and retrieve articles about a topic e.g. billionairs, Iceland, or NFT collectors, and the question answering is an add-on (sometimes nice, sometimes annoying) but not the main point of the tool. Arguably if you want something to actually answer questions, this "something" should be fundamentally different from a search engine; that's a knowledge base + reasoner but not search.
> "Google is great at answering questions with an objective answer, like “# of billionaires in the world” or “What is the population of Iceland”. It’s pretty bad at answering questions that require judgment and context like “What do NFT collectors think about NFTs?”."
I expect search engines to search and retrieve articles about a topic e.g. billionairs, Iceland, or NFT collectors, and the question answering is an add-on (sometimes nice, sometimes annoying) but not the main point of the tool. Arguably if you want something to actually answer questions, this "something" should be fundamentally different from a search engine; that's a knowledge base + reasoner but not search.