> I might be missing something obscure, but generally if I can't find it by Googling I wouldn't expect an LLM to know it.
The Google index is already polluted by LLM output, albeit unevenly, depending on the subject. It's only going to spread to all subjects as content farms go down the long tail of profitability, eking profits; Googling won't help because you'll almost always find a result that's wrong, as will LLMs that resort to searching.
Don't get me started on Google's AI answers that assert wrong information and launders fanfic/reddit/forum and elevating all sources to the same level.
The Google index is already polluted by LLM output, albeit unevenly, depending on the subject. It's only going to spread to all subjects as content farms go down the long tail of profitability, eking profits; Googling won't help because you'll almost always find a result that's wrong, as will LLMs that resort to searching.
Don't get me started on Google's AI answers that assert wrong information and launders fanfic/reddit/forum and elevating all sources to the same level.