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Google Search Is Dying. What Comes Next Is Worse (thewalrus.ca)

submitted 6 days ago by Wren@lemmy.today to c/indy_news_canada@sh.itjust.works

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Still, we keep googling because we keep expecting the internet to know things. That stubborn hope underpins almost every argument about information access. When search worsens, we grumble that Google has been enshittified. When AI hallucinates, we say the model is sloppy. When misinformation spreads, we reassure ourselves the truth is still “out there,” waiting patiently for us to string together a better query. Even as the web is polluted by AI slop, we cling to the belief it’s a skills problem and share search tips.

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[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Why are you engaging with this stuff at all?

[–] bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 4 points 6 days ago

Because you have to travel down a road before you know it goes no where.

Then you go back and take the other path and find it goes no where also.

FYI: DDG is a traditional search engine

[–] SGforce@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I literally cannot google search "hardware store city name" and get anything relevant. I would use a phonebook if I had one.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Oh my god you just made a great argument for the return of phone books.

[–] Winning@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Except now they will be written by AI, an updated one gets left on your doorstep 3 times a week, and the built in DRM sets itself on fire when the new one is printed.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 1 points 5 days ago

A girl can dream of a better future. One with things written by humans and where phone books are delivered by kids on rollerblades.