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I...think you may be misreading them?

They said that they put exactly the same queries into Google as ChatGPT.



> Except, for Google, I did not use the "how do I" etc. and just threw some keywords at it: "python f-string wrapping", "python f-string folding", etc.


Here's the thing. For the longest time (since circa 1999) I've been a Google user. Google trained me to not use superfluous words like "how do I .... " etc. Just put down the keywords, and spare me the babble, Google said.

With LLMs, on the other hand, it feels like I'm dealing with a human being on the other end: so I have to add stuff like "how can I"... and "please" and "thank you" (and sometimes "no yapping" ;-D ). So I queried Google just like I normally do.


The way GP worded it is a bit confusing and ambiguous but it doesn't seem like they typed the same question into both, rather they typed what they thought each wanted to know about the same question. In one sentence they say they typed an exact quote into Google but in the very next sentence they clarify they actually typed a bunch of keywords about that quote instead.


I believe they mean that's how Google interpreted the query?




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