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Google News is just Forrest Gump's shrimp boat now (elgan.com)
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[–] mrmisses@lemmy.world 11 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

You know that scene in Forrest Gump where Forrest sees Lieutenant Dan on the shore and is so distracted by him that he jumps off and swims to shore, allowing the boat to crash into the dock?

Yeah, that's Google News now. In this metaphor, Forrest is Google and Lieutenant Dan is AI.

The title made me think it was the sole surviving news source.. like Forrest's boat after the storm - being the sole survivor raking in all the shrimp.