Yes, Google with udm=14 is much better than "AI". "AI" might work for the trivia-type questions from this article, which most people aren't interested in to begin with.

It fails completely for complex political or investigative questions where there is no clear answer. Reading a single Wikipedia page is usually a better use of one's time:

You don't have to pretend that you are parallelizing work (which is just for show) while waiting three min for the "AI" answer. You practice speed reading and memory retention. You enhance your own semantic network instead of the network owned and controlled by oligopoly members.