@fasterandworse This reminds me of David Graeber's concept of "Bullshit jobs", which are essentially jobs that only exist to patch over some other inefficiency.

My favorite example is that the greeters at Wal-Mart exist because the employees are miserable and it brings down the vibe. Instead of solving the problem of miserable employees, they add on a smiling person at the entrance.

Similarly, we wouldn't need AI search if Google just made a search engine that worked how it's supposed to!