[ACCount37]

Mostly agreed, but AI overviews are a very bad example. Google can just force feed its massive search user base whatever bullshit it damn pleases. Even if it has negative value to the users.

I don't actually think that AI overviews have "negative value" - they have their utility. There are cases where I stop my search right after reading the "AI overview". But "organic" adoption of ChatGPT or Claude or even Gemini and "forced" adoption of AI overviews are two different beasts.

[neutronicus]

My father (in his 70s) has started specifically looking for the AI overview, FWIW.

He has not engaged with any chatbot, but he thinks of himself as "using AI now" and thinks of it as a value-add.