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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•1 year agoHuman: Hey Google can you tell me how this band got started and the significance of their first album? Google: the lead singer was just admitted to rehab and you won’t believe what happens next! Human: oh that’s sad, I hope they get the help they need but about my questions– Google: the lead singer was just admitted to rehab and you won’t believe what happens next! Google: the lead singer was just admitted to rehab and you won’t believe what happens next! Google: the lead singer was just admitted to rehab and you won’t believe what happens next! Google: the lead singer was just admitted to rehab and you won’t believe what happens next! Google: the lead singer was just admitted to rehab and you won’t believe what happens next! Google: the lead singer was just admitted to rehab and you won’t believe what happens next! Google: the lead singer was just admitted to rehab and you won’t believe what happens next! Google: the lead singer was just admitted to rehab and you won’t believe what happens next! Google: the lead singer was just admitted to rehab and you won’t believe what happens next! Google: the lead singer was just admitted to rehab and you won’t believe what happens next!
minus-squareShampoo_BottlelinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoThen if do you click the link, the article has almost nothing to do with the title. No confirmations, no details, just random claims from someone who you’ve never heard of before.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•1 year agoThat’s more the type of prompt you would give a LLM, rather than a search engine. I’m not surprised that it results in garbage.
Human: Hey Google can you tell me how this band got started and the significance of their first album?
Google: the lead singer was just admitted to rehab and you won’t believe what happens next!
Human: oh that’s sad, I hope they get the help they need but about my questions–
Google: the lead singer was just admitted to rehab and you won’t believe what happens next!
Google: the lead singer was just admitted to rehab and you won’t believe what happens next!
Google: the lead singer was just admitted to rehab and you won’t believe what happens next!
Google: the lead singer was just admitted to rehab and you won’t believe what happens next!
Google: the lead singer was just admitted to rehab and you won’t believe what happens next!
Google: the lead singer was just admitted to rehab and you won’t believe what happens next!
Google: the lead singer was just admitted to rehab and you won’t believe what happens next!
Google: the lead singer was just admitted to rehab and you won’t believe what happens next!
Google: the lead singer was just admitted to rehab and you won’t believe what happens next!
Google: the lead singer was just admitted to rehab and you won’t believe what happens next!
This is actually a slight improvement
Then if do you click the link, the article has almost nothing to do with the title. No confirmations, no details, just random claims from someone who you’ve never heard of before.
That’s more the type of prompt you would give a LLM, rather than a search engine. I’m not surprised that it results in garbage.