Google Search Won't Show an AI Overview for 'The King in Yellow'
No-Definition-1336 · reddit · 2026-11-03
A Reddit user noticed that Google Search does not display an AI Overview for The King in Yellow, Robert W. Chambers' 1895 weird-fiction classic. The screenshot shows normal results—People also ask boxes and the Wikipedia entry—but no AI-generated summary.
The poster jokes that Google is deliberately avoiding the topic to prevent "AI psychosis": in the fictional lore, reading the play drives readers insane, so Google keeping its AI away from the cursed book mirrors the story itself.
More from Fun
- Viral Magnific Meme: "Me and My Wife After Paying Off the Trailer" — Prompt Included — techhalla · 2026-11-03
- AI Researcher Admits RLM Experiment Hype Is 'Extremely Overhyped' but Defends the Idea — a1zhang · 2026-11-03
- User says Codex wiped systemd and containers instead of rebooting, costing $10,000+ — TheZachMueller · 2026-11-03
- Concept mockup: a SpaceX Starlink phone running Omarchy Linux — mark_k · 2026-11-03
- User asks Claude to archive the convo — Claude archives its own session — justalexoki · 2026-11-03
- Meme post jokes Anthropic "screwed over a billion people" in one day — tech__unicorn · 2026-11-03