Answer Engines vs Search Engines — AI Answer Engines Are Worth Trying:

Search Engines: Formulate your search, Review the results list, etc etc etc.

Answer Engines: Ask your actual question. …

Ultimately, only you can determine whether you’ll find an answer engine effective. It will depend on what you’re trying to achieve and how well you can refocus your brain to ask questions instead of performing keyword searches.

@lmika Nice approach. It definitely doesn’t need to be either / or and in fact Adam’s article does address the benefits and drawbacks of both.