Leading to Wall-E's universe
Rom
May 20, 2026
Google just announced their new generative-AI (genAI) products -- all of which has a single objective of dumbing down humanity. Google sees a future where humans just provide data (and money) to make them rich - with everything done by Google. Human agency? What is that? That is not important to Google. Looking for facts? Sure, facts according to Google.
In the Pixar movie, Wall-E, humans have been living off planet since the planet Earth is no longer habitable (too much hyperscalers perhaps). Also, humans are mindless creatures - doing nothing except follow what the machine feeds it. That is the future Google (and Anthropic, OpenAI, Microsoft, Oracle, you name it) wants - with the techbros living life in luxury in the pursuit of living forever augmented with everything they can think of.
Back to reality, privacy is no longer in Google's radar - well, it deteriorated since they stopped believing "do not be evil". Google wants you to share all your data to provide you with "meaningful" genAI insights. Automation just for the sake of it, without your oversight.
Google is hell-bent in destroying the open web. Google wants you to ask a question and they will tell you what you need to know, regardless of whether it is fact or fiction. Yes, Google Search is dead.
So, how do you use Google Search without the AI-slop?
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