The other day, I wanted to see if alcohol-free port existed. The top search link went to a page of the 20 best alcohol-free ports! Except none of them were port, they were all spirits (not even other fortified wines). The ‘AI’ summary described a fictional process for removing alcohol from port and had two citations, neither of which supported the claim. The next 30 pages were all LLM slop that talked about what port is for a long time before saying that there’s no alcohol-free version.
I have been using the web since the mid ‘90s and it has never been this bad. Anyone advocating for ‘AI’ is advocating for a future where this damage is spread to all facets of life.
@david_chisnall I had the same thing with bonsai avocados - a stone I threw out sprouted so I was going to give it a go. All the pages on search were useless slop telling me 1) how to bonsai a tree and 2) avocados are a type of tree with some unsettling fake images (apparently you can get bonsai avocado fruit?!?). I still have no idea but am giving it a go.