I have left comments on HN and Reddit and then found them rolled into Google's AI search summarizer OR the knowledge box with _extreme rapidity_ such that when I went, mere moments later, to go re-check some fact I had cited, I found my own comment at the top of the results, repeated back to me, but with authority and gravitas, ensconced in the austere trappings of the knowledge box.
There’s an xkcd for that but I’m on my phone and too lazy to look it up.
Citogenesis!
https://xkcd.com/978/
Can't believe we got to see one in the wild, and with clear attribution to boot.
I have left comments on HN and Reddit and then found them rolled into Google's AI search summarizer OR the knowledge box with _extreme rapidity_ such that when I went, mere moments later, to go re-check some fact I had cited, I found my own comment at the top of the results, repeated back to me, but with authority and gravitas, ensconced in the austere trappings of the knowledge box.
in addition to a relevant xkcd, there is also a Wikipedia article about the phenomenon and a behind-the-scenes list
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_reporting#On_Wikipedi...
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_citogenesis_...
- previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35535407
But that didn't happen. See comments above by svat, snickerbockers, and InsideOutSanta.
Mobile version
https://m.xkcd.com/978/
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