That works for pattern matching, but you don't want to do that for doing accurate calculations. There is no reason to average the AI run calculation of 12345 x 54321 because that can be done with a tiny calculator with a solar cell the size of a pencil eraser. Doing calculations like that multiple times adds up fast and will always be less reliable than just doing it right in the first place.

I agree.

Same with reporting historical facts.

I disagree. Those are not remotely the same problem. Both in how they're technically executed, and in what the user expects out of them.

But the AI that is being forced down our throats is worse than wikipedia because it averages content from ALL of reddit, facebook, and other massive sites where crackpots are given the same weight as informed individuals and there are no guardrails.

No, it's just different. Is it wrong sometime? Yes. But it can also get you the right answer to a normal human question orders of magnitude faster than a series of traditional searches and documentation readings.

Does that information still need to be vetted afterwards? Yeah, but it's a lot easier to say "copilot, I'm looking at a crossover circuit and I've got one giant wire coil, three white rectangles and a capacitor, what is each of them doing and how kind of meter will I need to test them", then it is to individually search for each component and search for what type of meter you need to test them. Do you still need to verify that info after? Yeah, but it's a lot easier to verify once you know what to actually search for.

Basically any time one human query needs to synthesize information from multiple different sources, an AI search is going to be significantly faster.