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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by JoBo@feddit.uk to c/technology@lemmy.world
 

Via @rodhilton@mastodon.social

Right now if you search for "country in Africa that starts with the letter K":

  • DuckDuckGo will link to an alphabetical list of countries in Africa which includes Kenya.

  • Google, as the first hit, links to a ChatGPT transcript where it claims that there are none, and summarizes to say the same.

This is because ChatGPT at some point ingested this popular joke:

"There are no countries in Africa that start with K." "What about Kenya?" "Kenya suck deez nuts?"

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[–] Jay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

I'm a big fan of ChatGPT. And if all of this leads to people no longer blindly believing what they see on the internet, then even more so.

And if we're honest: Asking Google a question hasn't always led to the right answer.

[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I don't even know what to say here.

[–] Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Works fine for me

Kenya. Kenya is a country located in East Africa. It shares borders with Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Somalia.

[–] Sumea@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

it is not Artificial Intelligence. It is Average Intelligence. And they want it everywhere.

[–] JoBo@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

It's not intelligence at all. It does not understand what you ask it or what it tells you. It can string words together in a plausible sounding order. It cannot think.

[–] zerbey@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Google gave me a list of countries as the top hit. Bing did the same. Whoever wrote this article has an agenda.

[–] romaselli@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Take agenda at deez nuts

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[–] solstice@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago (8 children)

I literally just googled that exact search inquiry and it told me all about Kenya. What's the problem again, and why are all these comments pretending the so-called glitch is real?

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