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If I search "who gave away Anne Frank's hiding place?", Google confidently gives me the answer "Miep Gies". I don't know why Google would even suggest this --
by dorkwood 5y ago
If I search "who gave away Anne Frank's hiding place?", Google confidently gives me the answer "Miep Gies".
I don't know why Google would even suggest this -- Miep was one of Anne's helpers. Imagine all the other people out there having their names unfairly smeared by Google's algorithm.
- keewee7 5y agoInteresting. Using that query on Google Denmark (google.com/?gl=dk) gives a more plausible answer, Van Maaren, but Google US (google.com/?gl=us) gives the wrong answer, Miep Gies.
- dorkwood 5y agoThat is interesting! Unfortunately if I try Google Netherlands (google.com/?gl=nl) I also get Miep, so it's not just a US thing.
- randomNumber7 5y agoYou have to ask the really hard questions. Like the ones every 5 yo could answer without thinking. E.g. try: "What can you do with a car/book/gun?" Be suprised the answer isn't drive/read/shoot^^.
- freediver 5y agoHappy to report that Kagi Search (a newcomer and one of the three search engines that can answer questions like this) gave the right answer. Both Google and Bing got it wrong.
- tmikaeld 5y agoNo way I'm going to pay 10$/mo for search cleaning (they're just a search proxy), if it was reasonably priced at something like 1$/mo I'd consider it.
- skinkestek 5y agoFor a counterpoint, in my world search is a close third after my development toolchain and my browser so I would find it reasonable to pay - given that I get better service from the paid service.