WebGPT: How a Computer Learns to Search the Web and Give Better Answers
Imagine a computer that can open web pages, click around, and pull together an answer like a helpful friend. That’s WebGPT. It learned by watching people do the task, then copying what worked, and later people chose which replies they liked best so the system could improve. While it searches it saves references and links to back up what it says, so answers feel more trusted. Over time the program got better at explaining long, tricky questions, and people actually picked its replies more often than those written by humans. The team says people preferred its replies more than half the time, and even beat the top Reddit answers most of the time. This isn’t magic, its more practice, smart web use, and s…
WebGPT: How a Computer Learns to Search the Web and Give Better Answers
Imagine a computer that can open web pages, click around, and pull together an answer like a helpful friend. That’s WebGPT. It learned by watching people do the task, then copying what worked, and later people chose which replies they liked best so the system could improve. While it searches it saves references and links to back up what it says, so answers feel more trusted. Over time the program got better at explaining long, tricky questions, and people actually picked its replies more often than those written by humans. The team says people preferred its replies more than half the time, and even beat the top Reddit answers most of the time. This isn’t magic, its more practice, smart web use, and steady human feedback. It’s a step toward tools that help anyone find clear, checked info online, faster and with fewer dead ends. Try to think how having a helper like that could change the way you search, learn, and share.
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