Google reinvented the dictionary only it's much, much shitter: "AI can make mistakes, so double-check responses." [More inside] (www.google.com)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by InevitableSwing@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Now - when I use define AI slop is all there is. It really annoys me because define used to be great. Before - I think the only source used was a great Oxford dictionary that was behind a paywall.

And it's a nice touch that you have to click "show more" to get that AI slop warning.

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[-] Keld@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It gave me a correct definition of sanguine though? Like you linked me to the AI giving me a correct definition of a word.

GenAI is bad, but you can't just link me to an instance of it doing ok.

[-] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago

I think the issue is more that it's synthesizing it's own definition instead of giving you an official one. It links to it, but there's quite a bit of noise added in.

I just fed it a super specific issue and it just bailed and showed me my own post about the issue instead.