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Google already has an issue with accuracy - the snippets they choose are often not very correct.
by TrevorJ 4y ago
Google already has an issue with accuracy - the snippets they choose are often not very correct.
- Wowfunhappy 4y agoYes but I think they're correct a lot more often than ChatGPT. And they give the source!
- visarga 4y agoSearch "What is the world record for crossing the English Channel entirely on foot" and see precision Zero. None of the responses match the query. It should say - not found. Or actually find that people attempted to illegally cross through the Channel Tunnel. Usually when I search for error messages for a specific version of software it will respond with other versions. That is useless. That's not what 24 years worth of excellence in search should look like. At the very least they should collate a dataset of say, one million queries, and try to use a LLM to find the correct answers using search. A better search ranking model will make the LLM generate more correct answers. Iterate until score is improved. Just make the result solve the task.
- throwawayapples 4y agoasking ChatGPT gives very interesting results (didn't check accuracy): > What is the world record for crossing the English Channel entirely on foot As of my training data, the world record for crossing the English Channel entirely on foot is held by Christof Wandratsch, who completed the swim in 8 hours and 58 minutes on August 25, 2018. > Swimming isn't on foot My apologies, you are correct. The English Channel is typically crossed by swimming. The world record for swimming the English Channel is held by Benoît Lecomte, who completed the swim in 8 hours and 1 minute on July 23, 1998. > That's faster and earlier... what did Christof Wandratsch do that was different Christof Wandratsch completed a cross-Channel run, covering the distance between England and France on foot. This is a different feat than swimming the Channel, as it involves running across the Channel Tunnel, which connects England and France beneath the seabed.
- khmii 4y agoIt just told me a different person too: "The world record for crossing the English Channel entirely on foot (without the aid of any swimming or flotation devices) is held by Belgian endurance swimmer and long-distance runner, Kevin Swartz. He completed the 35-mile (56 km) journey from England to France in just 13 hours and 54 minutes on August 17, 2019." chatGPT really is a brilliant compulsive liar.
- MaxDPS 4y agoI think that is till better than ChatGPT's answer which was: "The fastest recorded time for crossing the English Channel entirely on foot (without the aid of swimming or any other means of transportation) is 16 hours and 34 minutes, achieved by British endurance athlete Damian Hall in August 2021." So, it seems like it made up an answer instead, which I think is much worse that Googles response.
- pkulak 4y agoMaybe, but you can at least see the context, where it came from, all that. In my house we have a habit of asking our Google Home "Hey, Google, can rabbits eat..." and then you can see where the info came from and make a pretty good decision on if this random vegetable you have will kill your pet. If AI chat stuff takes that over, I'm out.
- gardenhedge 4y agoIt's incredibly frustrating. They're often completely wrong.