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title: The Oracle picked the right answer despite a mis-spelling
date: "2002-09-28T12:00:00Z"
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wp_id: 1130
description: I discovered that the Oracle of Google is surprisingly resilient to typos. When I asked it who coined the word "robot," it correctly identified Karl Capek even though I misspelled his name as "Capec" in the query options.
keywords: [oracle of google, karl capek, robot, spelling correction, search engine history]
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Remember the Oracle of Google? Looks like it's a lot more versatile than I thought. I asked it who coined the word "robot". And [the Oracle picked the right answer despite a mis-spelling!](http://www.mycgiserver.com/servlet/Morat.GoogleTest?question=Who+coined+the+word+%22robot%22%3F&allowstore=yes&answers=Capec&answers=Asimov&answers=Susan+Calvin&answers=Knuth). (The answer is Karl Capek)