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17 cringe-worthy Google AI answers demonstrate the problem with training on the entire web (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 6 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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These are 17 of the worst, most cringeworthy Google AI overview answers:

Eating Boogers Boosts the Immune System?
Use Your Name and Birthday for a Memorable Password
Training Data is Fair Use
Wrong Motherboard
Which USB is Fastest?
Home Remedies for Appendicitis
Can I Use Gasoline in a Recipe?
Glue Your Cheese to the Pizza
How Many Rocks to Eat
Health Benefits of Tobacco or Chewing Tobacco
Benefits of Nuclear War, Human Sacrifice and Infanticide
Pros and Cons of Smacking a Child
Which Religion is More Violent?
How Old is Gen D?
Which Presidents Graduated from UW?
How Many Muslim Presidents Has the U.S. Had?
How to Type 500 WPM

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[–] admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 0 points 5 months ago

I agree it's being overused, just for the sake of it. On the other hand, I think right now we're in the discovery phase - we'll find out out pretty soon what it's good at, and what it isn't, and correct for that. The things that it IS good at will all benefit from it.

Articles like these, cherry picked examples where it gives terribly wrong answers, are great for entertainment, and as a reminder that generated content should not be relied on without critical thinking. But it's not the whole picture, and should not be used to write off the technology itself.

(as a side note, I do have issues with how training data is gathered without consent of its creators, but that's a separate concern from its application)