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I tried tricking it a bit, and here's what I got:

Does P=NP: Something about rare earths, then a couple books that mention the problem. https://books.google.com/talktobooks/query?q=Does%20P%3DNP%3...

Who are you: Looks like Books is shy. https://books.google.com/talktobooks/query?q=Who%20are%20you...

Why are fire trucks red? Apparently, there are different answers, and none mention the Monty Python one. https://books.google.com/talktobooks/query?q=Why%20are%20fir...

What is 1+1? 1, apparently. The same query without a question mark gives the right answer. https://books.google.com/talktobooks/query?q=What%20is%201%2...

Which company used to have the motto "don't be evil"? Not Google, it seems. https://books.google.com/talktobooks/query?q=Which%20company...

I'm curious where this narrative that Google dropped "don't be evil" comes from.

At the time of the Alphabetization, there was some shuffling of the code of conduct document, but everything lives on.

The Google code of conduct[0] still begins with "Don't be evil."

The Alphabet code of conduct[1] opens with "Employees of Alphabet and its subsidiaries and controlled affiliates (“Alphabet”) should do the right thing."

And yet I repeatedly read the claim that Google has secretly abandoned "don't be evil"—presumably on the down low so that they can now do all the evil they want.

[0]: https://abc.xyz/investor/other/google-code-of-conduct.html [1]: https://abc.xyz/investor/other/code-of-conduct.html

I think it doesn't work well for questions with simple answers; it's meant for more open-ended questions. I got much better responses for some random questions I just thought up: "What will AI enable in the future?" "Why are so many depressed?" etc.

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