True about the problem not being specific to Google. But I don't know about the generation cost mattering. The article seems very clear that a serious, non-AI

True about the problem not being specific to Google. But I don't know about the generation cost mattering. The article seems very clear that a serious, non-AI coordinated effort was involved in pushing the bogus story to the top. Compared to that, "generated by AI" vs. "generated by semi-slaves at keyboards somewhere" seems like a rounding error in the cost structure.