The shift is already happening. Google Search is built on an aging 'index and click' model, while AI is moving us toward an 'answer and action' model. With AI agents capable of analyzing products and even placing orders based on a simple description, the need for a traditional search engine is shrinking for many users.
On the other hand, Facebook (Social Media) serves a different psychological trigger - impulse and discovery - which is harder to replace with AI search. As AI replaces the manual research process, Google’s classic search traffic will likely decline, making Meta’s media-heavy, discovery-based ecosystem more dominant in terms of user attention