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Re: Google's AI-generated search results keep citing The Onion

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Post by shooker435 »

mike_d wrote: post #40
IAmNotACellist wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If they had any sense at all (questionable) they would be absolutely pants-shittingly terrified that their prized product has been completely undercut by an upstart in a matter of months, and that Microsoft has a deep partnership with that competitor. I'd think even the leadership at Google can figure out that ChatGPT eats their lunch in terms of cutting through the SEO bullshit and giving actual information. If they…

Google was always better than Yahoo/Bing at dealing with webspam (whether Google can continue to beat current webspam is a different debate). Bing is happily traning on the things they don't know are bad results. Garbage in garbage out. The only competition Google needs to worry about is Google's leadership. Once Cloud brought in TK and they started actively recruiting from Microsoft and Oracle it was like an infecti…

Not sure if it's strictly the recruiting pool that made things break down, but I see it more as a result of COVID/WFH + the recruiting pool. Google's strong in-office culture once helped new joiners learn the culture and challenge others in a respectful way - now it's a political minefield.

Remote work is great, but it probably accelerated Google's culture decline. If you've been there a while, you'll notice the wild difference in employee attitudes when comparing pre-2019 employees to post 2020 employees.

Re: Google's AI-generated search results keep citing The Onion

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Post by ein0p »

And here we see how Google management discovers what their researchers have been saying for quite a while now: you can’t get any long tail “intelligence” out of a model that fits on a single TPU host.

For comparison, here’s GPT4o: “Eating rocks is not safe or recommended for humans. Rocks are not digestible and can cause serious harm to your digestive system, including blockages, perforations, and other injuries. If you have cravings for non-food items, this might be a condition called pica, which requires medical attention. It's best to consult a healthcare professional for proper guidance.”

Re: Google's AI-generated search results keep citing The Onion

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Post by neverokay »

moomoo11 wrote: post #63
jsheard wrote: post #6

If you ask it how many Muslim presidents the US has had, it will confidently tell you that Barack Hussein Obama is a Muslim. I'm beginning to think that treating statistically common sequences of words on the whole internet as a source of truth may not actually be a very good idea. edit: screenshots for posterity https://x.com/TVietor08/status/1793768913245020502

We should just delegate LLMs to note taking and move on with something actually useful that we can devote human hours to. Like space exploration.

That may be the end product from all of this which is quite scary because trillions of dollars moving into this.

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Post by _heimdall »

moomoo11 wrote: post #63
jsheard wrote: post #6

If you ask it how many Muslim presidents the US has had, it will confidently tell you that Barack Hussein Obama is a Muslim. I'm beginning to think that treating statistically common sequences of words on the whole internet as a source of truth may not actually be a very good idea. edit: screenshots for posterity https://x.com/TVietor08/status/1793768913245020502

We should just delegate LLMs to note taking and move on with something actually useful that we can devote human hours to. Like space exploration.

Serious question - why is space exploration worth devoting the massive amount of man hours and natural resources to? What's the real gain that is worth using those resources for space exploration, or not using the resources at all?

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Post by diego_sandoval »

jsheard wrote: post #6

If you ask it how many Muslim presidents the US has had, it will confidently tell you that Barack Hussein Obama is a Muslim. I'm beginning to think that treating statistically common sequences of words on the whole internet as a source of truth may not actually be a very good idea. edit: screenshots for posterity https://x.com/TVietor08/status/1793768913245020502

Google's AI went from far-left to far-right in like a month.

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Post by romwell »

joseda-hg wrote: post #58
jsheard wrote: post #6

If you ask it how many Muslim presidents the US has had, it will confidently tell you that Barack Hussein Obama is a Muslim. I'm beginning to think that treating statistically common sequences of words on the whole internet as a source of truth may not actually be a very good idea. edit: screenshots for posterity https://x.com/TVietor08/status/1793768913245020502

It'd be hilarious if it can be memed into not knowing Obama's Middle Name

>It'd be hilarious if it can be memed into not knowing Obama's Middle Name

What does this have to do with anything being discussed here?

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