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This screenshot is just one of many examples showing why searchers should ignore the garbage AI Overview being force-fed at the top or the results list in Google search. Even better, avoid Google search.
It wrongly credits George Takei with having written "All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto" by George M. Johnson and overlooks George Takei's actual book: They Called Us Enemy!

I was searching for the Brain DJ's choice (The Tiger Lillies, "Life Is Mean (Greed)" from 2008*), but came across a fresh release!

Garbage, "There’s No Future in Optimism" (10 Apr 2025)

New Garbage album "Let All That We Imagine Be The Light" coming soon.

youtube.com/watch?v=zRIdnuJZAq

* If you prefer dark cabaret songs:
The Tiger Lillies, "Life Is Mean (Greed)" (2008)
youtube.com/watch?v=9hPXTS5PIm

Very early in my research career, I read an article in a highly respected broadsheet, that happened to discuss my very specific area of expertise. It contained elemental errors.

I still remember this as a teaching moment, to be skeptical of reporting about scientific discoveries in areas I'm not an expert in.

Now, with #AI, I feel much the same: it's superficially very impressive, but if I ask ChatGPT about sufficiently complex topics that I actually understand deeply, it's just #garbage.