Why AI and Algorithms are utter rubbish

[PeteHall]

I had the opposite experience when driving down the M4 and a sat nav told me to take the road to "reading" (as in "reading a book").

 

[ChrisB]

Google maps may have learnt how to pronounce Barlick but it struggles with Welsh roads names on Ynys Môn (Anglesey)

 

[BikinGlynn]

Slightly off topic but I did jury service last year & had a murder of 18yr old black drug dealer case.
We actually had a expert in court to translate all the "text speak" in the evidence pack!

 

[paul]

Google AI search says to glue pizza and eat rocks

Google's new artificial intelligence (AI) search feature is facing criticism for providing erratic, inaccurate answers.

Its experimental "AI Overviews" tool has told some users searching for how to make cheese stick to pizza better that they could use "non-toxic glue".

The search engine's AI-generated responses have also said geologists recommend humans eat one rock per day.

A Google spokesperson told the BBC they were "isolated examples".

Some of the answers appeared to be based on Reddit comments or articles written by satirical site, The Onion.

They have been widely mocked, external on social media.

But Google insisted the feature was generally working well.

From https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd11gzejgz4o

 

[pwhole]

An internet user asked it for information on depression and it told him to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge.

 

[Relict]

In Cumbrian, "leck" means a very hard subsoil......

 

[AR]

An internet user asked it for information on depression and it told him to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge.

Wonder if its training materials contained a significant dollop of Emo Philips? That sounds like one of his lines...