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LAS14

(15,284 posts) Sun Jun 1, 2025, 01:35 PM Jun 1

Examples of AS (Artificial Stupidity) [View all]

I hope this thread will become a repository of examples of AI hallucinations. We need to understand this newcomer to our lives as well as we can. Please add your own examples when you bump into them.

Google's AI summary.

Prompt: What is the etymology of the word "vagina?"

Result: The word "vagina" originates from the Latin word "vagina ," which means "sheath" or "scabbard." This is because the vagina is a muscular tube that encloses and protects the female reproductive organs.

Note: I reproduced this myself. Got the same result. Think of all the curious children who are going to be wrestling with this misunderstanding for years!

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Examples of AS (Artificial Stupidity) [View all] LAS14 Jun 1 OP

Will I be able to recognize most AI crap? vapor2 Jun 1 #1

"We already own the rights to 'Natural Stupidity.' So don't get any ideas." - magatland repubes BoRaGard Jun 1 #2

Where's the "hallucination"? That is the etymology of the word. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 1 #3

Your understanding of "enclose" is quite different from mine. LAS14 Jun 1 #4

It doesn't "enclose" any organs. Crunchy Frog Jun 1 #8

👀 Nimble_Idea Jun 1 #9

Car doors open, but are closed 99% of the time, enclosing the passengers/contents. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 1 #10

A vagina is a tube. A car door isn't. Crunchy Frog Jun 1 #11

We are talking function, not form. Poor analogy to distract with form. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 1 #12

Unfortunately, you picked a poor example. MineralMan Jun 1 #5

OK, so the false info that AI supplied was irrelevant to the query. LAS14 Jun 1 #6

The information was not false, it was complete to what you asked, but incomplete to what you wanted Bernardo de La Paz Jun 1 #7

I can't believe this thread has gone in this direction. nt LAS14 Jun 1 #13

It started with a faulty premise TheProle Jun 1 #14

How could you make "What is the etymology of the word 'vagina'" more clear? nt LAS14 Jun 1 #16

Many humans would have provided MineralMan Jun 1 #15

Like I said, a weird path for this thread, but, to answer your post... LAS14 Jun 1 #17

But, it does that, too. MineralMan Jun 1 #18

Oh, for crying out loud. It provides access, not blockage. It certainly doesn't "enclose." nt LAS14 Jun 1 #19

I'm done here. MineralMan Jun 1 #20

The labia BeerBarrelPolka Jun 1 #21

False dichotomy. Access does not prohibit enclosure occurring. Enclosure does not deny access forever Bernardo de La Paz Jun 1 #22

You can't actually "close" your vagina Crunchy Frog Jun 2 #24

Again with the all-or-nothing thinking. There are degees of closure. A locked car door can be opened w a crowbar Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2 #25

I don't actually have the capacity to "close" my vagina Crunchy Frog Jun 2 #26

Again, closing does not mean sealing or require sealing or locking. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2 #27

The anus actually has a sphincter muscle Crunchy Frog Jun 2 #28

The anus is voluntary and involuntary, like breathing is voluntary and involuntary. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2 #29

You wrote this: BeerBarrelPolka Jun 3 #32

It should have gone in a worse direction. Igel Jun 1 #23

I'm getting the feeling Retrograde Jun 3 #30

Another example: Google AI claiming that a white man is actually black. W_HAMILTON Jun 3 #31