Google isn't just an algorithm. It's a corporate entity with user-facing software, and while the algorithm has no notion of "trust", I would argue the company i

Google isn't just an algorithm. It's a corporate entity with user-facing software, and while the algorithm has no notion of "trust", I would argue the company is demonstrating trust in any source that it presents as an answer in one of these bubbles. We're all agreeing that they shouldn't in many cases, but I do think they're doing so today. I don't care what your internal reasoning is. If I ask you a question and you present your answer as a fact, you're either trusting your information is correct or you're willfully lying to me. I think Google's defense here would be that they intend these answers to be interpreted by an intelligent adult. If it tells me that mermaids are real, I'll have a laugh about it and move on with my day. If it tells huge groups of apparently functioning adults that President Obama is instituting Sharia law, and those people believe it unquestioningly, well, I'm not sure Google is equipped to operate in that world.