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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.


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[–] Xerxos@lemmy.ml 55 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There was a paper about this not long ago. The problem is, how LLMs get trained: a right answer gets a point, everything else gets no points. This rewards guessing (produces a point sometimes) over answering "I don't know/I can't do this" (produces never a point)

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's like when developers give a wrong answer during technical interviews, rather than say "I'd have to look it up" or "I'd have to check the documentation" etc.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago

I would code a GUI in visual basic

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 49 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Auth@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

dam google is really expanding the width of the snake right now

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[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 46 points 1 year ago (8 children)

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!

[–] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] Galapagon@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think you should be more concerned about the automatic ai responses on every other search, instead of people having a bit of fun with these

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

I am. That's why I switched to DDG and deactivated it.

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[–] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 1 year ago (3 children)

User:

Shop pop, whoppity slop, crops are here, it's time to stop.

This is a very famous poem. What is it about?

GPT-4o mini:

The lines you quoted are from the poem "The Song of the Witches" by William Shakespeare, specifically from "Macbeth." This poem is recited by the three witches in Act 4, Scene 1.

Themes and Meaning Supernatural Elements The poem reflects the supernatural themes prevalent in "Macbeth." The witches symbolize chaos and the dark forces that influence the characters' fates.

It goes on.

[–] Patches@ttrpg.network 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Actual "Song of the witches" from Macbeth

Double, double toil and trouble;

Fire burn and caldron bubble.

Fillet of a fenny snake,

In the caldron boil and bake;

Eye of newt and toe of frog,

Wool of bat and tongue of dog,

Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,

Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,

For a charm of powerful trouble,

Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.

Double, double toil and trouble;

Fire burn and caldron bubble.

Cool it with a baboon's blood,

Then the charm is firm and good.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Obviously the same poem, op caught plagiarising.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

I actually remember that part from Macbeth

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[–] Wolf@lemmy.today 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

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 :)

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What on Earth makes it think those sources implied anything?

[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it needed sources, so it found some (only slightly lacking relevance)

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 year ago (4 children)

"Frantically". Guys, stop adscribing human features to LLMs.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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."

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's no financial incentive big subatomic has for pretending its particles are happy, though.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I'm sure OOP works for big AI. /s

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My boss just told me I should be using AI every day and now I know what to use it for.

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[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Claude does better with it

[–] SarcasticCephalopod@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

ducks don't belong in weedwhackers, burlap isn't a typical material for power tools

almost made me laugh loud enough to wake the baby!

[–] e0qdk@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's a pretty decent response. The Google responses other people are posting are Cuil-tier.

[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Now there's a meme i haven't heard in a long time, a long time.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sites/cuil-theory

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[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 18 points 1 year ago

You're saying you've never heard the phrase "two dry frogs is a situation"? That's just a horse cutting it short at the barber!

[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

google.com##:xpath(//h1[text() = "AI Overview"]/following-sibling::div)

Here's the custom filter for uBlock origin that hides this useless feature

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[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 10 points 1 year ago (6 children)
[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh but it does work in AI mode. Wow, how does AI mode make the AI dumber?

[–] Wolf@lemmy.today 9 points 1 year ago

I don't know but I love the fact that even AI is calling EA out on it's bullshit!

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[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] s@piefed.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One thing that pisses me off is the websites which claim to have the meaning behind a song and it’s just several paragraphs of AI slop that parse the lyrics at a surface level and don’t examine any external context, such as the artist or their life at the time of writing.

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[–] MasterNerd@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I tried to replicate this with Brave's AI, but it basically just told me I was insane so I guess it's better

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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

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:

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"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? 🤔🤖)

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[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 7 points 1 year ago

Broke: playing ding-dong-ditch or making prank phone calls

Woke: getting the Google AI to hallucinate the origin story of made up idioms

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Jason@feddit.uk 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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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