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Ask an AI to answer a question based on the provided search context when the top result is The Onion and you get… information from The Onion. This really is "y
by Spivak 2y ago
Ask an AI to answer a question based on the provided search context when the top result is The Onion and you get… information from The Onion.
This really is "you can't win when you're a big platform and have a billion QA testers looking for something to spark Twitter outrage." You can generate your own rage bait on your own pretty easily if you craft a search where a satirical article is the first result.
- sandspar 2y agoWhy is 2024 Google so widely despised that there's such an appetite for seeing it humiliated?
- pjmlp 2y agoBecause we remember how Google was when Yahoo, Altavista, Ask Jeeves! ruled.
- nrb 2y agoBecause now there is a galaxy-sized gulf between what users want and what Google wants. Google's stated mission was “to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful” but their actions over the last few years have served only to make search _less_ accessible and useful.
- beryilma 2y ago"Don't be evil" was it? We came a long way from that...
- prepend 2y agoI don’t want to humiliate google, I just want them to fix their stuff. I’m annoyed with them because they have poor, ad-infested search results and kill many products I liked (code, reader, froogle/shopping, blogger static sites, etc etc).
- stubish 2y agoIt seems to be the steady state of the ad sponsored economy. Ads generate money. Outrage serves more ads. To maximize money, outrage is good, even if it attacks you. So you and your middlemen develop a thick skin and get on with making money, the more outrage the better, making you more money because it comes with your ads. Or you don't, make less money, and are eventually eaten by someone who does. See your tabloid TV, newspaper or magazines for citations.
- lupire 2y agoHow hard is it for Google to figure out that The Onion is a satire site? They've had over 20 years to figure it out. The Onion aite also says "The Onion is not intended for readers under 18 years of age." so Google shouldn't be showing it when Safe Search is enabled.
- aaron695 2y ago[dead]
- mindcandy 2y agoAlong with legit news and problems, there has been a ton of outrage this past year that boils down to User: Hey, AI. Act naughty. AI: Hee hee heeeee… I am so naughty! User on Twitter: Look! Look! The AI is naughty!
- realfeel78 2y agoNon sequitur. That isn't what any of the current critiques of Google are about.
- mindcandy 2y agoYou sure? Cause this sure looks to me like: User: Hey, AI. I have a question for you that only has a direct answer in an article from The Onion. AI: Here is a direct answer from that article in The Onion. The Onion: Look! AI is so dumb it quoted the answer we gave to a question no one else would ever even consider writing about!
- realfeel78 2y agoThe Onion isn't exactly a minor unknown website.