>>20097>search anything up without all of the top results being confidently incorrect AI-generated shitEven before AI started worsening this issue this was bad enough I started learning to use my bookmarks and RSS feeds for sites I already know are reliable. Then just use forums like the one you're on right now to curate them to expand your library.
You never *needed* search engines, and you not missing out on something integral now that they aren't an option.
>What happens when they start generating videosThey already do, have you not used YouTube in the last 5 years? Curation and RSS fixes this.
>break down captcha so that even forums get run over?Legitimate but manageable concern. use robots.txt and ip blocking to prevent search engines from scraping the site, create more obtuse forms of capcha, and foster in-site culture to make the tonal difference between bots and users more appearent, i.e. encouraging non-standard grammar and banning algorithmthings like wojaks.