We're already most of the way.

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You'll also get diversionary messages for certain queries (e.g. if it thinks you're suicidal)

I guess it's inevitable. There's already precedent and LLMs are getting used more and more by search engines.

I am kind of also waiting to see what navigation app will be the first to divert one's route so they pass in front of a sponsored store. :)

> I am kind of also waiting to see what navigation app will be the first to divert one's route so they pass in front of a sponsored store.

I've just gone through all 5 stages of grief regarding you comment.

Waze (Google) has been doing this for years. :-/

How does it do it?

> In theory, a censor block is gonna come on an' the screen will say severely, "Public Policy Forbids This Service." You hafta have censor blocks or the kiddies will be askin' detailed questions about things they're too young to know. And there are other reasons. As you will see.

A Logic Named Joe, Murray Leinster, 1946.

They have been for years, ever since they stopped allowing for literal string search.

They've been delisting pirate sites for ages