More like an era of lowered expectations. We used to trust published information more than say, backyard fence gossip, because publications had an aura of authority, that in general was justified because they were competing for reputation. With publishing essentially available now to people who in the past would have been fence gossipers, and a general lack of quality control, the overall trust level is lower.

Still, google uses AI by default now, but I just googled “square root of 169” and it said 13, which I know to be the truth. Life is full of aradoxes.