Google: A poet that didn’t know it
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Maybe if I ever dared to venture beyond the first or second page of any search results, I wouldn’t just now be realizing the depth and profundity of Google. From odes inspired by narcissism and distress to fun and even the naïve mischiefs of childhood, the search giant’s predictive algorithm has led to an anthology of inadvertent poetic works. The new Reddit thread “Google Poems” chronicles them. (Co.CREATE)
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