Gmail creator predicts total disruption for Google as chatbot ChatGPT ... trends now
One developer, Paul Buchheit, 45, who was behind Gmail believes Google's time as the go-to site for search, may be limited with the arrival of ChatGPT which uses artificial intelligence
The computer developer who created Gmail is predicting search engine Google may only have a year or two left before 'total disruption' occurs following the release of a sophisticated chatbot that uses artificial intelligence (AI).
Last week ChatGPT was released by the OpenAI company which was started by Elon Musk in 2015.
The AI has been able to write essays, compose lyrics for songs, make up stories, draft marketing pitches, write scripts, generate complaint letters and even write poetry.
The fluency and coherence of the results being generated now have those in Silicon Valley wondering about the future of Google's monopoly.
One developer, Paul Buchheit, 45, who was behind Gmail believes Google's time as the go-to site for search, may be limited.
'Google may be only a year or two away from total disruption. AI will eliminate the search engine result page, which is where they make most of their money,' he tweeted. 'Even if they catch up on AI, they can't fully deploy it without destroying the most valuable part of their business!' he continued.
The fluency and coherence of the results being generate now has those in Silicon Valley wondering about the future of Google's monopoly
A sign is displayed outside Google's new Bay View campus in June, in Mountain View, California
'One thing that few people remember is the pre-internet business that Google killed: the Yellow Pages! The Yellow Pages used to be a great business, but then Google got so good that everyone stopped using the Yellow Pages. AI will do the same thing to web search,' Buchheit said
Gmail developer Paul Buchheit in photos from his Instagram page. In some he's seen with his wife April
Google currently makes most of its money from advertisers paying to have their links displayed alongside the results of a search query result in the hope that a user clicks on them.
'The old search engine backend will be used by the AI to gather relevant information and links, which will then be summarized for the user. It's like asking a professional human researcher to do the work, except the AI will instantly do what would take many minutes for a human,' Bucheit explained.
'One thing that few people remember is the pre-internet business that Google killed: the Yellow Pages! The Yellow Pages used to be a great business, but then Google got so good that everyone stopped using the Yellow Pages. AI will do the same thing to web search,' he said.
Google is also in the market of developing its own AI and is researching conversational and voice search. The tech company bought DeepMind, an AI company, in
