8 Searches You Should do Right Now with the New Google AI Mode

Google is really out here making moves today! First, they hit us with YouTube Premium Lite—because, obviously, something can totally be both premium and lite at the same time. And now, they’re rolling out AI Mode for Search, ensuring that when you ask Google something, you get a response so advanced it practically hands you a PhD before you hit ‘Enter.’

This new feature builds on AI Overviews, which, if you haven’t noticed, have been subtly replacing those old-fashioned, human-written search results. With AI Mode, instead of wasting precious seconds sifting through multiple links, Google will give you one mega-answer, constructed by issuing a bunch of simultaneous searches, compiling data from across the web, and then regurgitating it in an ultra-helpful, possibly hallucinated format. And don’t worry—Google assures us that if it’s not 100% confident in its AI-generated wisdom, it’ll just show you some old-school search results instead.

But What Should You Search For? Here Are 8 "Vital" Uses for AI Mode

Now that Google is flexing its AI muscles, you might be wondering: What should I even ask? Sure, you could use it for serious research, or you could explore these deeply important life questions that definitely deserve the power of advanced machine learning:

• "What’s the optimal way to eat a burrito to minimize ingredient spillage?" (AI Mode will probably suggest surgical precision and a bib.)
• "How would a pigeon wear pants? On both legs or just one?" (Multimodal queries mean we might finally get some illustrations.)
• "Which Taylor Swift album best represents my current emotional state based on my Google search history?" (Brace yourself.)
• "How long can I survive on a diet of just instant ramen and existential dread?" (Answer: Until payday.)
• "What’s the philosophical justification for hitting snooze 14 times in the morning?" (It’s called ‘structured procrastination.’)
• "Which discontinued snack food should I spend my life petitioning to bring back?" (RIP Dunkaroos, but also, AI Mode might expose you to a deeper loss you never knew you had.)
• "If I send an email at 3:42 a.m., does it make me look dedicated or just unhinged?" (AI Mode will factor in the context of your other life choices.)
• "How much toothpaste is too much toothpaste?" (Because those commercials make it look like an entire tube per brushing is normal.)

For now, AI Mode is only available to Google One AI Premium subscribers, but stay tuned. Soon, we’ll all be outsourcing our curiosity to the algorithm, and honestly, isn’t that the dream?