No doubt that scenario will play out - AI reporting back having found what the most popular answer to a problem might be. But I have done a lot of hunting for

No doubt that scenario will play out - AI reporting back having found what the most popular answer to a problem might be. But I have done a lot of hunting for answers, problem shooting other people's issues myself. I was smart enough though, to discard much of various threads because "just use something else" or other popular sound bytes that actually don't go any where near the problem that was asked. I suppose in time AI might find the same and ... it's really no different when asking everyday people about who's an expert on something they know nothing or very little about - if Stella has the gift of the gab, talks herself up and makes sure everyone around knows she fixes x and does half decent work most of the time, there's a good chance those who've paid for Stella's services will call her an expert.