I see generative AI on the web the same way I see forever chemicals in the real world. The effects may not be immediately apparent but they are poisoning mankind. Those who acquired knowledge and skills in the before era will be fine, but newer generations won't have the same reference points to tell reality from fiction. They will search for "baby peacock" on Google and have no reason to believe the actual birds look any different to what they're shown. I find that sad somehow.
When you do normal research you find something that helps you with what you want to know, you then find that you end up off at a tangent looking up items within that so you fully understand the original research question.
Granted that tangent can often send you in a totally different direction, that is either not relavent or turns out to be equally useful.
