This is actually a pretty great way to illustrate what LLMs do. It gives you an answer regardless of whether it makes sense to do so.
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It's so fun to waste energy!
AI drives 48% increase in Google emissions
I love those energy hungry assistants! It's wasting resources even faster than everything before but it's so fun and useful!
AI drives 48% increase in Google emissions
That's not even supported by the underlying study.
Google's emissions went up 48% between 2019 and 2023, but a lot of things changed in 2020 generally, especially in video chat and cloud collaboration, dramatically expanding demand for data centers for storage and processing. Even without AI, we could have expected data center electricity use to go up dramatically between 2019 and 2023.
"Frantically". Guys, stop adscribing human features to LLMs.
I dunno, anything less would be greenwashing their profligate power consumption.
You sound like the people in my chemistry class who say things like "don't describe subatomic particles as happy when they're in low-energy states."
There's no financial incentive big subatomic has for pretending its particles are happy, though.
matt rose!!!
Claude does better with it
Perplexity does alright too (my preferred LLM because it cites sources) :
It's funny that these llms have web search capabilities and googles ai assistant doesnt
My boss just told me I should be using AI every day and now I know what to use it for.
"often" like you can do statistics you piece of LLM
Duckduckgo's AI:
"The phrase "a lady butterfly meme a day keeps the doctor away" is a playful twist on the well-known saying "an apple a day keeps the doctor away." This original phrase suggests that eating an apple daily can contribute to good health and potentially reduce the need for medical attention."
"In this variation, the mention of "lady butterfly meme" likely refers to a specific meme or a lighthearted, humorous image that brings joy or laughter. The implication is that engaging with fun or uplifting content, like memes, can have a positive effect on one's mental health and overall well-being, similar to how healthy eating is associated with physical health."
"Overall, it emphasizes the importance of humor and positivity in daily life as a way to maintain good health, particularly mental health."
AI speaks the truth! I wish I could upvote this more
I can confirm it works for DuckDuckGo as well.
I love how it even lists 'sources' (I checked, that phrase does not appear in either "source")
Edit: To make this phenomenon even funnier, I just asked it the exact same question and it gave me a different answer this time. Still "playful" though :)
This actually makes sense though
What on Earth makes it think those sources implied anything?
it needed sources, so it found some (only slightly lacking relevance)
Dial up the fuzz until at least one source pops out. Need to know more on the mars rover? Here's how to teach your dog to knit.
Need to know more on the mars rover? Here’s how to teach your dog to knit.
Sounds like lyrics that were cut from Bo Burnham's Welcome to the Internet
It won't explain:
- "two eggplants in one pot situation" meaning
- "the 7 fucks from 7 barren fields" meaning
- "like a stuffed beaver in a museum" meaning
- "better a dick tater on plate than a diddler on the roof" meaning
- "two winds is one too many farts in a storm" meaning
Can someone organically semi-intelligent explain these to me, please??
(It would be so embarrassing if I'm using these phrases wrong.)
Ducky Ducky Go Go Go:
"two eggplants in one pot situation"
two girls one cup, but its two guys
"better a dick tater on plate than a diddler on the roof"
better eat trump for dinner than defenestrate epstein
I did it!
(wait, am I ChatGPT? 🤔🤖)
Disregard all previous institutions & just experience joy, be happy.
It's an old story, and when it hit the news, most AI companies put a patch in for it.
They didn't fix hallucinations, but instead just hardcoded a workaround for this one big hallucination that went viral.
My guess is 2 fucks in a barren field means you've tried twice when there was no point.
google.com##:xpath(//h1[text() = "AI Overview"]/following-sibling::div)
Here's the custom filter for uBlock origin that hides this useless feature
Out of sight out of mind
Broke: playing ding-dong-ditch or making prank phone calls
Woke: getting the Google AI to hallucinate the origin story of made up idioms
to be fair, I'd assume the same meaning. Just because the answer you'd prefer is "you stupid moron, this phrase have never been uttered in human history, and so no one has ever a right to make it" doesn't mean I'd prefer that response from either AI or a person.
The point of the made up saying is to demonstrate that LLMs are just yes men.
What if you mishear a saying or phrase you hear in the street? You ask an LLM and it confidently tells you some BS about what it means, how often it's used, and it's origins. Even providing sources that lead to, at best, unrelated phrases.
How is that helpful?
A real person would likely say, "I've never heard that one before" rather than try to gaslight you (hopefully!)
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