We put this real question to AI Mode, "Why does Google Search suck now?" And you won't believe the answer! (Actually, you won't be surprised.)

The Chocolate Factory's AI search substitute offered this completely trustworthy reply:

"You are definitely not imagining it. Users, tech critics, and researchers have documented a measurable decline in Google Search quality. The core issue is that the search engine no longer feels like a tool designed to find the best corner of the web; instead, it feels like a vehicle designed to keep you on Google-owned properties or clicking on monetized links.

"The degradation of Google Search stems from a mix of aggressive monetization, an ongoing arms race with web spammers, and the disruptive introduction of AI features."

AI is gonna be the same path. Once people trust it, it'll stop mattering if it give the best info, what matters is if people buy products and believe advertisements/propaganda.

There just will never be as much money in providing nonbiased and accurate answers as there is in manipulating people. So as long as capitalism runs everything, the end goal will always be manipulating people for someone's profit.

It's not an accident, it's not "enshitification", it's the natural and inevitable result of unregulated capitalism. The only way to avoid it, is to heavily regulate capitalism. Acting like it's a separate problem that can be avoided without regulating capitalism just makes people think we can make unregulated capitalism work, if we could it would be working already.