For example, if you search for “policeman,” Google will rebuke you for not searching for “police officer.” Ditto “housewife,” which should be “stay-at-home spouse,” and “blacklist” instead of “deny list.”
[Typing] “Dentists in my neighborhood." Based on these new “improvements,” it’s very likely that by next year, you’ll be seeing Google searches like this:
Google reply: “Don’t you mean black dentists in your neighborhood?”
[Typing again] “Dentists in Los Angeles.”
Google: “Why are you evading the question? Don’t you trust black dentists?”
“I have no problem with black dentists, but I want to see all dentists in my area.”
Google: “Just not the black ones.”
“I never said that! I’m looking for any dentist; I have a toothache.”
Google: “What happened? Did a black man sock you in the jaw for being racist? Serves you right, KKKlancy.”
“Okay, okay. Black dentists in my neighborhood.”
Google: “Typical! Another white man looking to gentrify a black business. Stay in your lane, cross-burner.”
“Screw this; I’m going back to the Yellow Pages.”
Google: “Autocorrected to Chinese Pages.”
From this article: https://www.takimag.com/article/the-week-that-perished-188/
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