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by GalahiSimtam 1294 days ago
The feature of Google that is lampooned is called Google Quick Answer

I know that because a physics PhD friend once made a lecture for students on how to find truthful physics/engineering information on the web, with a dozen slides examples of factual mistakes in Google Quick Answer. Regardless of whether they are from other sources verbatim or transformed by Google - e.g. modulus of elasticity of cast iron is stripped of units

So it certainly could be an improvement there