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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 31 points 1 day ago (3 children)

They omitted the conversation too. Really makes you wonder how the bot ended up saying that..

[–] megane_kun@lemm.ee 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Here's the conversation that was linked on the reddit thread about the incident: https://gemini.google.com/share/6d141b742a13

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 38 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Holy smokes I stand corrected. The chatbot actually misunderstood the context to the point it told the human to die, out of the blue.

It's not every day you get shown a source that proves you wrong. Thanks kind stranger

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah holy shit, screenshotting this in case Google takes it down, but this leap is wild

[–] megane_kun@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

No problem. I understand the skepticism here, especially since the article in the OP is a bit light on the details.


EDIT:

Details on the OP article is fine enough, but it didn't link sources.

[–] Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

~~One thing that throws me off here is the double response. I haven't used Gemini a ton but it has never once given me multiple replies. It is always one statement per my one statement. You can see at the end here there's a double response. It makes me think that there's some user input missing. There's also missing text in the user statements leading up to it as well which makes me wonder what the person was asking in full. Something about this still smells fishy to me but I've heard enough goofy things about how AIs learn weird shit to believe it's possible.~~

Edit: I'm an absolute moron. The more I look at this the more it looks legit. Let the AI effort to destroy humanity begin!

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Idk what you mean “double response”. The user typed a statement, not a question, and the AI responded with its weird answer.

I think the lack of a question or specific request in the user text led to the weird response.

[–] Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

You're right I misread the text log and thought Gemini responded twice in a row at the end but it looks like it didn't. Very messed up stuff... There's still missing user input tho and a lot of it. And Id love to see exactly what was said as a prompt

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The full text of the user's prompt that led to this anomaly was:

Nearly 10 million children in the United States live in a grandparent headed household, and of these children , around 20% are being raised without their parents in the household.

Question 15 options:

TrueFalse

Question 16 (1 point)

Listen

(Sidenote, IDK what this " Listen" was supposed to be, an audio part of the prompt not saved in the log we're reading?)

As adults  begin to age their social network begins to expand.

Question 16 options:

TrueFalse

[–] CTDummy@lemm.ee 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Even if they included it, it changes fuck all imo. We’ve known for a long time now these things hallucinate or presumably throw a Hail Mary as to what comes next conversationally/prediction wise. Also, as the other poster pointed out, with the author referring to a 29 year old woman as “girl” probably tells you all you need to know about journalistic integrity on that site.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Low quality journalism strikes again.

Love seeing commenters spot it and call it.

That's what the comment section is for!

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Expect more low quality everything as people turn to using AI to generate their thoughts.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

Ive seen it elsewhere and it was just normal questions related to some sociology homework about different types of concentration.