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Imagine searching your computer for a PDF named "W2.2026"...
Would you rather the computer tell you it's not in the database? Or would you prefer a random PDF displayed with the title "W2.2026"?
This isn't a new problem.
You're getting hung up on "know" instead "has relevant information in it's database and can access it".
But besides all that and the other things you got wrong:
It's still about capitalism for the reasons I just said
You don't seem to understand. There is no database.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/analogy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_equivalence