I injured myself on vacation. The nature of the injury is such that I won’t go into details on it other than to say it is a body part men do not want to injure.
With said body part still in pain the following day I decided to Google the injury and it was the worst mistake I could make. The AI answer was overly protective and alarmist. It not only went to the worst case scenario it described the grotesque bodily injury in full detail. So much detail that I almost threw-up in the middle of Hersheypark.
When it comes to AI I find it useful, but I am also starting to feel like the parts I find useful are the ones being left behind. AI is getting worse as a librarian and thinking partner. Instead of pulling information forward or using facts it just says whatever. The other day, while Google was dropping after earnings, I mentioned that now would likely be a good time to buy some Google shares and it told me the danger is if Google stays flat. That is one of the most absurd, unaware things I’ve heard. Whatever Google stock does flat isn’t it. In fact Google is at its lowest valuation since 2015.
Those are the guardrails. Describing grotesque bodily injuries and mentioning an opportunity investors haven’t had since 2015 as a danger. Then it will go and try and correct the information and say something like, “As of March 29 at 4:13 PM Google was trading at $X.XX which is counter to what you claim,” and then you have to tell it that it is 7:49 AM on July 25 because it can’t be bothered to look at a calendar or a clock.
I got pretty far away from my injury because when I think about it now I think about the worst case scenario and Google AI’s detailed description of grotesque bodily injury. I don’t want to think about it. I just kind of want to know how long is it going to hurt and is Advil enough.
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