Oh ok so clickbait title.
The whole premise of the article is quite silly. No thanks, I don't want a human connection and asking someone for help when looking up information.
There is plenty to be criticized about Google and modern web but this ain't it.
Ironically, at the rate the quality of Google results is current diminishing, you may need a human connection in order to have any sense that the information you are getting is accurate in the very near future.
I think it won't be the worst thing if curation is seen as valuable again.
You just ask ChatGPT because Google is just churn SEO results now that blabber on about anything but what you are after.
Can't even get a cooking recipe without reading a poem about it.
All that for a 3-step recipe to make baked potatoes, and all you needed out of it was the time & temp because you already had it prepped beforehand.
It's great if ChatGPT is temporarily better, but I don't expect it to last. We still have an attention economy and a lot of people want a piece of it. They'll put a lot of money and effort to get it.