Ask HN: What was the initial reaction to search engines?
Posted 4 hours ago by hopa
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My manager the other day mentioned AI reminds him of when search engines like google were first popularized, whereas before you needed a lot of specialized knowledge that was hard to acquire, whereas after knowing obscure details became less important and knowing what to search for became more important.
I’m curious for anyone who remembers - what was the reaction / discourse around search engines at the time? Was there a similar reaction to the rise of LLMs?