Merged Artificial Intelligence

[Checkmite]

CATS ON THE MOON!

Cats on the moon? Google's AI tool is producing misleading responses that have experts worried



I really don't like where this is going.

What's next - dogs in your socks?

The insidious thing about this is that the answer is only self-evidently wrong and stupid because the question was silly.

If you ask a more mundane and grounded question, Google might just as likely give you an answer that is wrong, there just wouldn't be any such clues making it immediately, dramatically obvious that it's wrong.

 

[Ryan O'Dine]

To Gemini (Google's AI):

Have cats been on the moon?



The spelling mistake in the quote is Gemini's.

But this is where it gets fun - I asked Copilot (Microsoft's Gemini) have cats been on the moon? And this is its response:



Naughty Copilot!

This is just the beginning. As soon as they're given fists, there will be fisticuffs.

 

[William Parcher]

Is AI capable of creating 3-dimensional artwork?

 

[Dr.Sid]

Is AI capable of creating 3-dimensional artwork?

Sure, in form of 3D models. Problem is it's even more useless than the rest ..

 

[William Parcher]

Is a 3-D model artwork? Can it make sculptures of human figures?

 

[Olmstead]

Is a 3-D model artwork? Can it make sculptures of human figures?

You could probably integrate it with a 3D printer.

 

[Dr.Sid]

Is a 3-D model artwork? Can it make sculptures of human figures?

It's just as much artwork as a picture.

 

[alfaniner]

The insidious thing about this is that the answer is only self-evidently wrong and stupid because the question was silly.

If you ask a more mundane and grounded question, Google might just as likely give you an answer that is wrong, there just wouldn't be any such clues making it immediately, dramatically obvious that it's wrong.

I could surmise without researching that perhaps the AI picked up an acronym, say for Computer Aided Topography Simulator and said, why yes, CATS has (have) been on the Moon.

 

[Chanakya]

I could surmise without researching that perhaps the AI picked up an acronym, say for Computer Aided Topography Simulator and said, why yes, CATS has (have) been on the Moon.

That seems plausible. Otherwise it makes no sense at all, why it would come up with something like that.

 

[Olmstead]

That seems plausible. Otherwise it makes no sense at all, why it would come up with something like that.

It sounds like the kind of question that wouldn't really get asked in "serious" circles but would garner a lot of parody answers in random places on the internet, so maybe that's it.

 

[arthwollipot]

I just asked Copilot to convert 10°C to F, and it came up with this:

You:
10c in f

Copilot:
Using the web
Certainly! Let’s convert 10 degrees Celsius to Fahrenheit using the formula:

𝐹=9/5𝐶+32

where:

• (F) represents the temperature in Fahrenheit.
• (C) represents the temperature in Celsius.

Plugging in the value:

[ F = \frac{9}{5} \cdot 10 + 32 = 50 + 32 = 82 ]

So, 10 degrees Celsius is approximately 82 degrees Fahrenheit.

I used to say that computers didn't make simple arithmetic errors. Now they do.

 

[Gord_in_Toronto]

It's not just us reporting problems.

Google’s AI Overviews Go Viral, Draw Mainstream Media Scrutiny

On social media, users are sharing endless examples of the feature’s nonsensical and sometimes dangerous output.

From recommending non-toxic glue on pizza to suggesting that eating rocks provides nutritional benefits, the blunders would be amusing if they weren’t so alarming.

This has to be stopped . . . . somehow.

 

[Chanakya]

Glue on pizza, rocks for nutrition
Bleach for immunity from Covid

They're modeling AI on Trump?

 

[Gord_in_Toronto]

Glue on pizza, rocks for nutrition
Bleach for immunity from Covid

They're modeling AI on Trump?

Best President evaa! Or so AI tells me.

 

[Darat]

I just asked Copilot to convert 10°C to F, and it came up with this:

I used to say that computers didn't make simple arithmetic errors. Now they do.

The issue is even worse than it getting stuff wrong, it's even inconsistent in getting stuff right or wrong:

Certainly! Let's convert **10 degrees Celsius** to Fahrenheit.

The formula for converting Celsius to Fahrenheit is:

$$
T(°F) = 10°C \times \frac{9}{5} + 32
$$

Plugging in the value:

$$
T(°F) = 10°C \times \frac{9}{5} + 32 = 50°F
$$

So, **10°C** is equivalent to **50°F**. If you'd like to explore more conversions, feel free to ask!

References:
1. [CalculateMe.com](https://www.calculateme.com/temperature/celsius-to-fahrenheit/10)
2. [Convertilo](https://convertilo.com/10-celsius-to-fahrenheit)
3. [Calculatorology](https://www.calculatorology.com/10-degrees-celsius-to-fahrenheit/)
4. [Omni Calculator](https://www.omnicalculator.com/conversion/celsius-to-fahrenheit)

Source: Conversation with Copilot, 27/05/2024
(1) . https://bing.com/search?q=10c+in+f.
(2) Convert 10 Celsius to Fahrenheit - CalculateMe.com. https://www.calculateme.com/temperature/celsius-to-fahrenheit/10.
(3) 10 Celsius to Fahrenheit | 10 °C to °F - Convertilo. https://convertilo.com/10-celsius-to-fahrenheit.
(4) 10 degrees Celsius to Fahrenheit - Calculatorology. https://www.calculatorology.com/10-degrees-celsius-to-fahrenheit/.
(5) Celsius to Fahrenheit Converter - Omni Calculator. https://www.omnicalculator.com/conversion/celsius-to-fahrenheit.

 

[Darat]

I said a few months back how you can't use these AIs as search engines, and it doesn't seem to have got better. Yet they are good at some stuff, used one to create the code from scratch to put 200 plus pictures into a PowerPoint presentation based on the filename of the picture and extract the title from the filename for each picture, I'd started to write the code and then thought I'd try using Copilot. It produced the code perfectly, and I could even simply say "change it so the text is in title case" and off it would trot and alter the code.

 

[Ryan O'Dine]

There have been a host of famous scientists -- and mathematicians -- who were infamously bad at simple math. This proves LLMs are geniuses.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

A.I.s should be trained on Reddit

 

[Checkmite]

I just asked Copilot to convert 10°C to F, and it came up with this:

I used to say that computers didn't make simple arithmetic errors. Now they do.

I suppose technically it's not making any arithmetic errors because LLM's don't do arithmetic. They answer math questions the same way they answer any other question - when these words appear in this order, what word is most likely to appear next, according to my training data?

 

[Gord_in_Toronto]

I suppose technically it's not making any arithmetic errors because LLM's don't do arithmetic. They answer math questions the same way they answer any other question - when these words appear in this order, what word is most likely to appear next, according to my training data?

This brings to mind the concept of Inference engine^WP. (Which Wikipedia notes, "This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (October 2019)"

Current AI works by "Connecting the Dots" and thus is a prime agent for creating Conspiracy Theories. Look at those photos of the Moon "Landing". How could Oswald fire three shots? Hear those explosions at the WTC? Etc. Etc.