On: Microsoft's AI Bing also generated factual errors ...

[allturtles]

The product Microsoft is showing off is a fact-finding engine. Just look at the demo, they have built the AI model into the search experience and the demo shows it used exclusively to provide (supposedly) factual information [0]. It's not the users' fault that companies are building the wrong product.

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLsr_sUVgrA

[peyton → allturtles]

“Give me a meal plan for next week for my family of four that has vegetarian options and caters to those who don’t like nuts”

“Create a summary of this itinerary in an email that I can send to my family”

“65-inch TV” -> refine with “Which is the best for gaming?”

Seems like more than a fact-finding engine.

[azinman2 → allturtles]

I don’t not include Microsoft here in the audience of “using it wrong.”

It’s also very tempting when you get coherent text out to believe it. Hopefully the underlying tech will get better and/or people will understand it’s weaknesses… except the inability to ascertain clear misinformation gives me pause.