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How AI answers questions that have never been asked before
Prompt: I’m trying to remember an actor’s name. I don’t want you to tell me his name, but if I describe him, can you give me the first letter of his first name? It’s the guy who played the doctor on Love Boat.
ChatGPT
ChatGPT: R.
Me: Is it Richard?
ChatGPT: Yes, Richard Mulligan.
Me: That’s wrong.
ChatGPT: Ah, you’re right, my bad. It’s Richard Dean Anderson.
Me: That’s still wrong.
ChatGPT: Whoops, it’s Bernie Kopell.
Copilot
Copilot: B.
Me: Is it Brad?
Copilot: No.
Me: What’s the first letter of his last name?
Copilot: K.
Me: I give up.
Copilot: Bernie Kopell.
Gemini
Gemini: D.
Me: Is it David?
Gemini: Yes, David Doyle.
Me: That’s wrong.
Gemini: Oh snap, my bad! It’s Bernie Kopell.
Grok
Grok: B.
Me: Is it Brad?
Grok: No.
Me: What’s the first letter of his last name?
Grok: Loading…
Perplexity
Perplexity: B. Related: What other TV shows has Bernie Kopell appeared in.
If you get shown a problem but have no idea how to control it, then you just decide to get used to the problem.
Yeah, so I thought I was checking different articles and getting different opinions on “the best X to buy”, but it turns out all these articles are written by the same company.
- https://www.bhg.com/best-shopping-carts-8574949#toc-who-we-are
- https://www.thespruce.com/best-shopping-carts-6362919#toc-why-trust-the-spruce
- https://www.realsimple.com/best-shopping-carts-8551621#toc-take-our-word-for-it
- https://www.foodandwine.com/best-shopping-carts-8550868#toc-our-expertise
Why trust The Spruce? I don’t know, because I sure don’t any more.
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Immigrant Song Spoof
I still sing “always sleep with a flashing AH!”