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1. mixcocam · 1789559093 · focus · HN ↗

   Would be very cool if you could type a long query and the model would just build an advanced google search query using what you typed. You could even ship a tiny model in the browser itself that does that.

   Something like: "blog posts which talk about using sending emails to yourself as a notes taking mechanism".

   The output could look like: "note taking" OR "notes" ("emailing yourself" OR "email to myself" OR "email yourself") (inurl:blog OR inurl:posts OR site:medium.com OR site:substack.com)

   1. amelius · 1789559235 · focus · HN ↗

      It wouldn't be cool because it would still hand your data to Google.

      1. _flux · 1789559394 · focus · HN ↗

         I assume Google was just a placeholder for a search engine in the example. And you'll surely need some service to search the web.

         1. duskdozer · 1789559827 · focus · HN ↗

            I don't know about that. When I hear people reference "Google" it seems to me they do mean Google. Similar with "Claude".

            1. Forgeties79 · 1789562428 · focus · HN ↗

               People still use “Google” as a synonym for “online search.”

               1. duskdozer · 1789567768 · focus · HN ↗

                  Yes, and IME it also is true that "online search" means in fact google.com. And there's no distinction for search results and reading the google AI summary.
            2. bee_rider · 1789564069 · focus · HN ↗

               We’ve got the whole post to parse, though.

               The idea is obviously applicable to other search engines.

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