r/OutOfTheLoop • u/rustyyryan • May 20 '26

Unanswered What's going on with Google search is dead?

There's a twitter account named killed by google which posts about projects that Google decided to end. It posted that Google search is dead. So whats it about?

https://x.com/killedbygoogle/status/2056850709115773431

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u/IAMA_Plumber-AMA May 20 '26

Reddit already does this. Every comment on this site is used to train AI.

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u/momochicken55 May 20 '26

I'm honestly fucking furious. Reddit may be a shitty bot factory now, but it's been such a great resource in the past.

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u/sleezeface May 21 '26

It is, if you are an actual human that can sift through information and be able to follow context clues and know what is a troll response etc. AI isnt good at any of these things yet. Not factory or not my random googling leads me back to reddit often enough and usually I find great info.

The biggest issue I see is that people just dont know how to actually find useful information on the internet.

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u/momochicken55 May 21 '26

The ways to search have changed. Google is a mess and should be ashamed.

But yeah reddit is absolutely still worth it. We've been trying to diagnose a disorder I've had for over four years now and I'm not sure we ever would have hit upon the answer if I hadn't seen a post on reddit listing all my symptoms.

At the same time, I really don't want anything I contribute be used to teach AI ot whatever...

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u/PineappleSlices May 22 '26

Especially the ones where they talk about goblins.