Will good web-search skills become obsolete in an AI-first workflow?
FlatYogurtcloset2027 · reddit · 2026-07-21
The author argues that people may be forgetting how to search the web well because they now open Claude before even deciding what to type into Google.
The post asks whether strong web-search skills will become as obsolete as knowing how to use a fax machine, or whether search will remain important even in an AI-first workflow.
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