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Has anyone seen or read any AI generated howlers?
I couldn't believe the result I got (below) from Google AI
The British royal family tree traces a lineage of 1,209 years and 37 generations, with Queen Elizabeth II’s bloodline connecting back with incredible accuracy to early monarchs. The current monarch, King Charles III, is the grandson of Queen Elizabeth II and the great-grandson of King George V, who established the House of Windsor in 1917 by changing the family name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha due to anti-German sentiments during World War I.
I couldn't believe the result I got (below) from Google AI
The British royal family tree traces a lineage of 1,209 years and 37 generations, with Queen Elizabeth II’s bloodline connecting back with incredible accuracy to early monarchs. The current monarch, King Charles III, is the grandson of Queen Elizabeth II and the great-grandson of King George V, who established the House of Windsor in 1917 by changing the family name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha due to anti-German sentiments during World War I.
I thought it would be fun to have a photo of Lewis Hamilton driving my Lotus Elise. This was the result:
And professionally, I needed an image of a male placing cardboard into a standard wheelie bin - even uploading images of the bins I needed using:
I've not doubt Ai will take over the world but it will make the place look exceptionally weird!
And professionally, I needed an image of a male placing cardboard into a standard wheelie bin - even uploading images of the bins I needed using:
I've not doubt Ai will take over the world but it will make the place look exceptionally weird!
We are being encouraged and trained to use Copilot in the workplace for efficiency. I used it as a sounding board for some ideas yesterday and it was literally 180 degrees out. When I suggested it might have got mixed up it apologised, told me I was right and completely reversed its position 
Not putting me out of work yet...
Not putting me out of work yet...
I haven't seen a relative for 15 years, I asked AI if she was still alive. She had a very unusual first name, the only person I have known with that first name and a less than common last name.
The answer was that she died in hospital in November 2025, it told me that she had been the director of a named company and her precise home address, for example Apartment 23, Valley View Mills, Skipton, both I knew to be true. It said that she had died in a named local hospital after a brief illness.
I was quietly fuming because I thought that other relatives should have let me know, I would have attended the funeral.
Then AI told me that she had died soon after the passing of her brother who she had been been looking after. I knew that she did not have a brother.
AI is not infallible.
The answer was that she died in hospital in November 2025, it told me that she had been the director of a named company and her precise home address, for example Apartment 23, Valley View Mills, Skipton, both I knew to be true. It said that she had died in a named local hospital after a brief illness.
I was quietly fuming because I thought that other relatives should have let me know, I would have attended the funeral.
Then AI told me that she had died soon after the passing of her brother who she had been been looking after. I knew that she did not have a brother.
AI is not infallible.
Ultra Sound Guy said:
Has anyone seen or read any AI generated howlers?
I couldn't believe the result I got (below) from Google AI
The British royal family tree traces a lineage of 1,209 years and 37 generations, with Queen Elizabeth II s bloodline connecting back with incredible accuracy to early monarchs. The current monarch, King Charles III, is the grandson of Queen Elizabeth II and the great-grandson of King George V, who established the House of Windsor in 1917 by changing the family name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha due to anti-German sentiments during World War I.
If you ask AI about a subject of which you know little, it gives an entirely convincing answer. However if you know much about the subject, there is always a good chance you’ll spot obvious errors. That’s just the way with LLM AI, and no prospect of that changing. I couldn't believe the result I got (below) from Google AI
The British royal family tree traces a lineage of 1,209 years and 37 generations, with Queen Elizabeth II s bloodline connecting back with incredible accuracy to early monarchs. The current monarch, King Charles III, is the grandson of Queen Elizabeth II and the great-grandson of King George V, who established the House of Windsor in 1917 by changing the family name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha due to anti-German sentiments during World War I.
There needs to be a new technology to replace LLMs.
SpudLink said:
If you ask AI about a subject of which you know little, it gives an entirely convincing answer. However if you know much about the subject, there is always a good chance you ll spot obvious errors. That s just the way with LLM AI, and no prospect of that changing.
There needs to be a new technology to replace LLMs.
We've just moved house and there are a bunch of old tiles in the garage, FiL said someone might pay money for them so I asked AI to ID it from a few photos. It was utterly insistent I was taking photos of 4 different tiles when I was just showing it zoomed in photos of the same tile There needs to be a new technology to replace LLMs.
On a more serious note "College’s use of AI to read student names causes chaos at graduation ceremony"
https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/glendale-col...
An American college used AI to read out the list of graduates when they went to receive their certificate, it managed to miss some.
I asked Copilot why my Excel mailmerge was adding lots of blank rows at the end. Instead of just answering the question it deleted a load of cells from an end column that were being used for referencing. Luckily, I was able to just close my document as I had not saved or made any changes myself. It appeared unable to undo the changes.
On another occasion it gave me a wrong answer and I had to tell it bluntly 'You are wrong' and it then apologised and agreed with me.
It is very worrying. Treat it like asking a bloke in the pub for advice.
On another occasion it gave me a wrong answer and I had to tell it bluntly 'You are wrong' and it then apologised and agreed with me.
It is very worrying. Treat it like asking a bloke in the pub for advice.
I'm a translator, I see AI failures every single day.
Today's collection includes a medical record for a chap who "has difficulty driving" (= motor deficits), or there was a similar text a couple of weeks ago indicating that "the patient is pleasant to the touch" and "made no car noises".
Or there was a text with workers wearing survival suits, except the AI thought they were wearing pirate suits.
Or another one in a health and safety manual, indicating "danger from personnel".
And another good one, a description of a painting: "the Virgin Mary, with the baby Jesus, on the moonshine."
I hope the monetary savings are worth the utter garbage that AI translation is producing completely unchecked.
Today's collection includes a medical record for a chap who "has difficulty driving" (= motor deficits), or there was a similar text a couple of weeks ago indicating that "the patient is pleasant to the touch" and "made no car noises".
Or there was a text with workers wearing survival suits, except the AI thought they were wearing pirate suits.
Or another one in a health and safety manual, indicating "danger from personnel".
And another good one, a description of a painting: "the Virgin Mary, with the baby Jesus, on the moonshine."
I hope the monetary savings are worth the utter garbage that AI translation is producing completely unchecked.
The problem as I see it is that the majority of people see Ai as a singular platform or entity and do not realise that there are different Ai tools for different jobs and that for the best ones, you have to pay!
There was someone here a few weeks back trying to get Copilot to do a full render of a car design he'd created not realising that this is a platform entirely unsuited to that particular task.
There was someone here a few weeks back trying to get Copilot to do a full render of a car design he'd created not realising that this is a platform entirely unsuited to that particular task.
Bill said:
Ultra Sound Guy said:
Agent57 said:
It is very worrying. Treat it like asking a bloke in the pub on PH for advice.
FTFY
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