Yes, even some influential people at my employer have started to peddle the idea that only “old-fashioned” people are still using Google, while all the forward-thinking people are prompting an AI. For this reason alone, I think that negative examples like this one deserve a lot more attention.
HedyL
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From the original article:
Crivello told TechCrunch that out of millions of responses, Lindy only Rickrolled customers twice.
Yes, but how many of them received other similarly "useful" answers to their questions?
I would argue that such things do happen, the cult "Heaven's Gate" probably being one of the most notorious examples. Thankfully, however, this is not a widespread phenomenon.