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Google scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in search (www.theverge.com)

submitted 5 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

That cant answer most questions though. For example, I hung a door recently and had some questions that it answered (mostly) accurately. An encyclopedia can’t tell me how to hang a door

[–] balder1991@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Yeah, there’s a reason this wasn’t done before generative AI. It couldn’t handle anything slightly more specific.

[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Same I was dealing with a strange piece of software I searched configs and samples for hours and couldn't find anything about anybody having any problems with the weird language they use. I finally gave up and asked gpt, it explained exactly what was going wrong and gave me half a dozen answers to try to fix it.

[–] btaf45@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That cant answer most questions though.

It would make AI much more trustworthy. You cannot trust chatGPT on anything related to science because it tells you stuff like the Andromeda galaxy being inside the Milky Way. The only way to fix that is to directly program basic known science into the AI.

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Mine doesn't:

[–] btaf45@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It depends on how you ask the question, and there is also a randomization done on the AI answer that you get. The point is that you would be foolish to trust AI to accurately answer science questions. Why the f*ck would you want a randomized answer to a science question?

ME: how far is andromeda from caldwell 70?

ChatGPT: Caldwell 70, also known as NGC 7000 or the North America Nebula, is an emission nebula located in the constellation Cygnus. It is much closer to us than the Andromeda Galaxy. The North America Nebula is estimated to be around 1,600 light-years away from Earth. Therefore, in comparison to the distance between the Milky Way and Andromeda, Caldwell 70 is significantly closer to us.

In fact Caldwell 70 is over twice as far as Andromeda, because Caldwell 70 in NGC 300, not NDC 7000 (Caldwell-20). Also, the AI didn't even answer the question that I actually asked.

[–] btaf45@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

LMFAO This time the AI doesn't even know that 6.12 > 2.537. It doesn't even know to use the computer to compute things even though it literally runs inside a computer.

Me: is andromeda or ngc300 closer to us?

ChatGPT: Between the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) and NGC 300, NGC 300 is closer to us. NGC 300 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Sculptor, and it's approximately 6.12 million light-years away from Earth. In contrast, the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is much farther, at around 2.537 million light-years away. Therefore, NGC 300 is closer to us than the Andromeda Galaxy.