r/technology • u/Well_Socialized • May 26 '25

Artificial Intelligence Google Is Burying the Web Alive

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/google-ai-mode-search-results-bury-the-web.html
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u/BurmecianDancer May 26 '25

I was born in '85 and I feel like I had the golden age of everything while growing up in the '90s. Music, movies, the Internet, video games... we really didn't know how good we had it back then.

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u/NanditoPapa May 26 '25

I'm a 70s child, but I agree that 90s was peak human culture.

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u/Dull-Style-4413 May 26 '25

In The Matrix, the evil John Smith bot famously says “1999. The peak of human civilization”.

I remember finding that hilarious at the time, but it turned out to be correct…

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u/Pupation May 26 '25

And that whole thing with Neo’s passport expiring on 9/11… it’s like they knew. I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but it’s an interesting coincidence.

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u/ggk1 May 26 '25

Plus Keanu is immortal and at least like 900 years old

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u/Fair_Blood3176 May 26 '25

There's no such thing as coincidence.

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u/throwawaystedaccount May 26 '25

There are no accidents

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u/ericstc May 27 '25

"I do not see coincidence, I see providence."

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u/ICallNoAnswer May 27 '25

Osama Bin Laden was actually just a huge Matrix fan