I use ChatGPT “thinking” mode as a way to run multiple searches and summarize the results. It takes some time, but I can do other stuff in another tab and come back.
It’s for queries that are unlikely to be satisfied in a single search. I don’t think it would be a negligible amount of time if you did it yourself.
But for large searches, I then have to spend a lot of time validating the output - which I'd normally do while reading the content etc as I searched (discarding dodgy websites etc).
On the other hand, where I think llms are going to excel, is you roll the dice, trust the output, and don't validate it. If it works out yayy you're ahead of everyone else that did bother to validate it.
I think this is how vibe coded apps are going to go. If the app blows up, shut down the company and start a new one.
It’s for queries that are unlikely to be satisfied in a single search. I don’t think it would be a negligible amount of time if you did it yourself.