I mean I thought it was clear enough that, I am in fact speaking to the larger point of "why is this a product"? When I say "people" I don't mean visitors to Bing, I mean whoever at Microsoft is driving this
Microsoft wants their expensive oft derided search engine to become a relevant channel in people's lives, that's an obvious "business why"
But from a "product why", Alexa/Siri/Home seem like they would be cases against trying this again for the exact reason you gave: Pigeonholing an LM try to answer search engine queries is a recipe for over-ambition
Over-ambition in this case being relying on a system prone to hallucinations for factual data across the entire internet.
Microsoft wants their expensive oft derided search engine to become a relevant channel in people's lives, that's an obvious "business why"
But from a "product why", Alexa/Siri/Home seem like they would be cases against trying this again for the exact reason you gave: Pigeonholing an LM try to answer search engine queries is a recipe for over-ambition
Over-ambition in this case being relying on a system prone to hallucinations for factual data across the entire internet.