Patrick Biddiscombe walks through Google's Deep Research tool, which converts search into audio overviews you can listen to like podcasts. He argues this shift will change how people learn practical things, like navigating city permitting, by making boring research actually bearable.
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This is like the V0 of the product. Like, truly, like, this is the bare bones version of what Deep research can possibly be. And like, today, it's essentially just using search. And there's more. The ability for Deep research to be combined with audio overviews from Notebook. LM is also rolling out. And then, yeah, actually just click a button, turn the entire thing into an audio overview, and then you have a podcast about. And you're learning about the permitting process in whatever city you are. So I think the whole experience and the way in which humans sort of get this type of information is changing, which is just, I think, a good thing, because I think about, like, my own extent. I'm curious. I just wouldn't do it, to be honest. Or like, I would. Correct, exactly. You end up paying like this, like, market inefficient price because you're like, well, I'm not willing to do the research because this is boring, not interesting to me. So, like, therefore I'm going to get gouged by somebody and they're going to charge me $20,000 to take a tree out of my, my backyard or something crazy like that.