New on OnlySky: AI Deep Research

New on OnlySky: AI deep research

I have a new column this week on OnlySky. It’s about the new AI mode called “deep research”, and whether it solves the problems that have plagued AI in the past. AI chatbots like ChatGPT were introduced with the promise that they’d act as superintelligent robot librarians. Their creators promised that they could rapidly research and synthesize an answer to any question, putting the entirety of human knowledge at everyone’s fingertips. As we know…

Can deep research fulfill the promise of AI?

One of the original promises of AI was that it could serve as a superintelligent robot librarian. AI would contain all human knowledge within itself, which it would use to instantly synthesize a response to any query. It would be far superior to search engines, because instead of just delivering relevant web pages, it would give answers.As you probably know, that promise fell flat. Tech companies tried to make AI chatbots serve this role, but ti…