Rod HiltonAug 15, 2023

Right now if you search for "country in Africa that starts with the letter K":

- DuckDuckGo will link to an alphabetical list of countries in Africa which includes Kenya.

- Google, as the first hit, links to a ChatGPT transcript where it claims that there are none, and summarizes to say the same.

This is because ChatGPT at some point ingested this popular joke:

"There are no countries in Africa that start with K."
"What about Kenya?"
"Kenya suck deez nuts?"

Google Search is over.

Show threadLAUREN
@rodhilton I honestly want to punch ChatGPT
Aug 15, 2023 at 5:37pmMona for iPhone
Show threadPaul Chambers🚧Aug 15, 2023

@noondlyt @rodhilton

I believed him, but this is the internet so I checked for myself.

Oh my goodness. 💯 Real.

Show threadRyan2one3Aug 16, 2023
@paul @noondlyt @rodhilton lol same!
Show threadMinisterofimpedimentsAug 16, 2023
@paul @noondlyt @rodhilton …yeah, me too. Like the proverbial train wreck I just had to see the bodies myself.
Show threadJarjan (He/Him)Aug 17, 2023
@paul
Did you know the I in AI stands for Idiot? 😂
@noondlyt @rodhilton
Show threadapophisAug 16, 2023
@noondlyt @rodhilton it has a very pickaxe-to-the-CPU-able way with words
Show threadmk30Aug 16, 2023
@noondlyt @rodhilton @nicholas i'm sorry, that's ChadGPT: he speaks very confidently about things he knows nothing about. and yes, his face is extremely punchable.
Show threadThree plus or minus fiveAug 16, 2023
@mk30 @noondlyt @rodhilton @nicholas
It hadn’t occurred to me before, but there is now no question in my mind that ChatGPT is a “him”.
Show threadLAURENAug 16, 2023
@ThreeSigma @mk30 @rodhilton @[email protected] heh heh heh
Show threadMudManAug 17, 2023

@noondlyt @rodhilton
This doesn't really have a lot to do with ChatGPT.

To be clear, the chain of events is accurate, but what's happening here is Google's non-ML algo is picking up a funny excerpt on a site and featuring it as a "snippet".

The real outrage bait here is a) Google stealing site content to paste it on their search results page, and b) Google being bad at stealing that content and choosing the wrong one.