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by try-working 29 days ago
That's Google making way for its disruptor. We'll see who that is. Imagine a search engine that just presents search results. Groundbreaking.
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More likely you're going to get a search engine which returns results as short 5 second AI generated video clips with an infinite scroll.

(Torment Nexus rules apply here)

As it turns out I found out some people use tiktok as a search engine. How exactly, I am not sure.
You search for a term and then you watch videos until you're satisfied. I don't think it's a very good way to learn about a topic, but millions of people seem to disagree with me. It makes more sense when you remember that 21% of the American population is functionally illiterate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_in_the_United_States

Thanks for the optimistic view. We could use more of that. I can only hope it comes about...
It was exactly my opinion after thinking about this for a while. This is essentially Google making their search engine into yet another website. Sure, there is certain inertia - people used to using Google - but it will fade out with new generations. They've shot themselves in the foot, they just don't see it yet, and it will take some time for it to become obvious.