Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

highplainsdem

(49,402 posts)
Wed May 22, 2024, 11:57 PM May 22

Google AI overview suggests adding glue to get cheese to stick to pizza

Last edited Thu May 23, 2024, 03:18 PM - Edit history (1)





Peter Yang
@petergyang

Google AI overview suggests adding glue to get cheese to stick to pizza, and it turns out the source is an 11 year old Reddit comment from user F*cksmith 😂




EDITING the next day to add that another person got a similar answer recommending adding glue. This is from AI research scientist Margaret Mitchell, https://m-mitchell.com/ .





MMitchell
@mmitchell_ai

Replicated....
But I appreciate that the glue suggested is "non-toxic"!
Look, this isn't about "gotchas", this is about pointing out clearly foreseeable harms. Before--eg--a child dies from this mess.
This isn't about Google, it's about the foreseeable effect of AI on society.

15 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies

usonian

(10,350 posts)
3. Google and others are hurriedly reinventing the wheel.
Thu May 23, 2024, 12:45 AM
May 23

Sometimes they come up with strange things.
But, what the heck.




THEY'RE SMARTER THAN YOU AND ME,
and we have to adapt.
So they say.

Renew Deal

(81,949 posts)
12. That is a perfectly correct response for "create an image of a bicycle"
Thu May 23, 2024, 04:15 PM
May 23

That's what can be scary about AI. It will often do what you want, but not necessarily the way you want it.

0rganism

(24,083 posts)
4. Thus was humanity utterly destroyed by its own decades-old sarcasm and dark humor
Thu May 23, 2024, 12:54 AM
May 23

Somehow this feels like a "full circle" moment if you know what I mean

highplainsdem

(49,402 posts)
5. Kicking after editing the OP to show this insane result from Google's AI Overview was just replicated by
Thu May 23, 2024, 03:21 PM
May 23

an AI research scientist.

No way to know how many people Google's AI is giving this or other harmful advice to.

Retrograde

(10,235 posts)
6. Didn't we all make flour-and-water glue
Thu May 23, 2024, 03:40 PM
May 23

in kindergarten? And isn't a pizza dough essentially just flour and water (with added yeast for leavening)? What are they building these "pizzas" out of that makes the cheese fall off? We make pizzas from scratch regularly here at chez Retrograde and never have problems with cheese sliding off - even when the sauce has a lot of garlic and onions (which it always does). Are the folks at Google building domed or hemispheric pizzas?

I'm more concerned about the suggestion to not add "gum" to the sauce: the data the model was trained on doesn't seem to "know" the difference between chewing gum and gum arabic.

ecstatic

(32,927 posts)
7. Another cautionary tale
Thu May 23, 2024, 03:45 PM
May 23

Do not rely on AI for accurate information. It's a great tool but it's not a replacement for fact checking or legal or medical advice.

Renew Deal

(81,949 posts)
11. Would the proposed solution work?
Thu May 23, 2024, 04:13 PM
May 23

I think this is about Google to some degree because they know this is possible in their system and they are still doing it. Who is asking for these gen AI features in Google search and why aren't they optional?

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Google AI overview sugges...