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Saturday, October 25, 2025

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To A Chatbot -- October 24, 2025

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COTD. 

For years I've used Google but it's mostly for checking out facts. Nothing very sophisticated.

But when I was steered to ChatGPT everything changed. 

I quit using "search" simply for fact-checking. I started using search for much more involved queries, gradually asking for deep explanations on topics as diverse as investing and British history.

I know I'm not alone. All this talk about AI has resulted in an explosion in the field of search. We may not see some of the large data centers come on line for years, but in the meantime, traditional search like Google is going to have to expand significantly to keep up with all the new interest. 

It's the opposite of a death spiral. This thing is feeding on itself and that explains a lot of the recent excitement in the US equity markets.  

Right now I'm incredibly happy with my investment portfolio. But in many of the cases I cannot explain what is going on. So, now I'm using Google Gemini and ChatGPT to dig deeper. Most of the time I am simply confirming I've made the right investment decision. But more and more, I'm using Gemini and ChatGPT to help me make investment decisions. A lot of that stuff has been there all the time but as I get more and more comfortable with chatbots, the more I use them. 

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