@Gilgamesch @toriver
Search engines aren't marketed for and used only by people who already know what they're searching for though. One major use for your average Joe is to check if a thing you just read or was told is true. Sure, the number of people who can't spot this one is low, but this is now a risk for any search, and it's getting worse, not better.
@btuftin @toriver Of course they aren't. That's why you have to educate people. And I'm not saying that it's not getting worse with "AI". It is, because you don't have access to the source of the "knowledge".
I'm just saying, that this particular example isn't what it means, when someone says "google's getting worse". Plus, the source is right there. Who says he didn't look exactly for this steampunk setting?