It was the perfect wingman to support me with this spring’s new gardening project.
I have experience researching with AI through my work writing to trainLarge Language Models.
So, I was undeterred by my lack of gardening experience.
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With Perplexity, I can’t become an expert, but I can consult one!
Perplexity uses its own knowledge and the search results to confirm and compose its response.
Each step has citations from the source list.
However, because Perplexity performs a new search each time, results can vary slightly with each search.
After that well-organized answer, there’s an option to ask a follow-up question.
There is also a thumbnail of the YouTube video referenced in the sources that can be played in-app.
The Focus Feature: For Searching YouTube, Reddit, and More!
For my next prompt, I clicked the “Focus” button under the prompt box.
This cues you to select one of six options for your area of focus.
Focus: Reddit
Crows began eating our freshly planted popcorn.
This focused Perplexity answer had a list of Reddit posts as the sources and six numbered suggestions.
They did not include a PVC scarecrow named Ted.
After harvesting, buckwheat must be threshed, and popcorn must be cured.
On the right is a column of the source thumbnails, all playable in-app.
Elephant in the Room: Why Don’t You Just Use Google?
I told her we could have instant text conversations and see the conversation as it played out.
For research,Google is to Perplexityas Email is to text chatting.
In my experience, Perplexity is incomparably better than standard Google for information gathering or research.
