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David Carson <davidc@wa-wd.com> wrote:

Every January, I go through death records from the previous year that
are in my data base with no cause of death listed, or a vague cause of
death, or an unspecific date of death. This year, for the first time,
Google AI is trying to help me. I would say that its accuracy rate is
about thirty percent, compared to the maybe eighty or eighty-five
percent accuracy of the first page of non-AI search results. He're the
most blatant error so far:

My search term: ""james dobson" cause of death"
Results below.

I note that I recently offered up the search term
greenpoint savings commercial mr green
and the AI asserted that there was no such thing as
a "Mr. Green" promotional character for Greenpoint Savings;
changing the search term to
greenpoint savings commercial mr green actor
had the AI identifying a particular actor as playing
the character yesterday,but none today.

(These commercials of decades past were black and white except for
the green logo on the Greenpoint Savings sign shown near the end;
they mimicked an "art film" look as Mr. Green and his dog Skippy
took a walk and when travellers asked Mr. Green for help he
directed them to the bank).

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AI Overview

Dr. James Dobson (founder of Focus on the Family) did not die; reports
of his death in August 2025 are incorrect, though his Wikipedia page
listed that date before being corrected, while actor Kevin Dobson
(Knots Landing) died in 2020 from an autoimmune deficiency.

Here's the clarification:

James Dobson (Focus on the Family Founder): He is still alive as of
early 2026, though a mistaken Wikipedia entry listed his death date as
August 21, 2025, which was later corrected.

Kevin Dobson (Actor): The actor known for Knots Landing passed away in
2020 from complications related to an autoimmune deficiency.
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Dobson did, in fact, die on 21 August 2025.

David Carson

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