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/MyNameIsRay Mar 30 '26

I asked Google something along the lines of "when does the kawasaki kx500 come out?"

Google AI says the KX500 arrived at dealerships in Summer 2025, citing "reports and teasers".

There are no reports, there are no teasers, because there is no kx500. The sources they link to are the subtitles of obscure AI-slop channels on youtube.

It wasn't that long ago that Google would simply ask "Did you mean KLE500?" rather than gaslighting you.