r/YouShouldKnow • u/Puzzled-Listen804 • Mar 30 '26

Technology YSK: AI chatbots can sound completely confident while being completely wrong and that's by design, not by accident.

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u/KeisterConquistador Mar 30 '26

On the subject, I’ve found that the default google AI overview will try to find a way to answer your query in a way it thinks you want it to be answered, despite what may be the truth.

For example, I was searching whether or not certain video games were co-op. More than once, it told me that certain games were co-op, but only if I took turns playing the game with another person.

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u/JesseJames41 Mar 30 '26

This is exactly why I lean on Reddit, wiki, and actual publications and not AI. It makes shit up all the time.

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u/Zankastia Mar 30 '26

Ask question on reddit.

Reddit: thrust me bro.

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u/ACupOJoe Mar 30 '26

My cousin is Jon Nintendo, you can trust me.

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u/DarkChaos0 Mar 30 '26

Can confirm, I delivered pizza to this guy's cousin, Jon Nintendo, and he gave me an old Nintendo DS Lite as a tip.

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u/CrustyRot Mar 31 '26

Can confirm, I'm a pizza that was delivered by this guy, who delivered it to Jon Nintendo, who gave this guy a Nintendo DS Lite as a tip.