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Life & fun · March 12, 2022

Google Talk To Books

Browse passages from books using experimental AI

Google Talk To Books launched on March 12, 2022 with 2 votes. The site was still online in September 2026, 4 years on.

What it does

Not a traditional search explore ideas and discover books by getting quotes that respond to your queries. Use natural language the AI is trained on human conversations. Play with it Experiment with different wording to see how it changes the results.

Talk to Books was a new way to explore ideas and discover books. Select one of the samples to view its archived search results.

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