Search Engine vs Generative Search Engine

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Scientific Explanation

Complex biology question

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Creative Task

Generate original content

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Analysis & Reasoning

Compare information

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Practical Help

Step-by-step guidance

🔍 Traditional Search Engine

Step 1: What User is Thinking

I want to understand how photosynthesis works in detail...

Step 2: What User Actually Types

Step 3: Index Search

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Searching through indexed web pages...

Step 4: Search Results

Step 5: User Must Click Through

User needs to visit multiple pages...

Step 1: Full Context Input

I want to understand how photosynthesis works in detail...

Step 2: Attention Mechanism

I want to understand how photosynthesis works in detail...

Step 3: Knowledge Retrieval (FFN)

Biology Knowledge

Chemistry Processes

Plant Physiology

Educational Explanations

Step 4: Response Generation