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Searching for 'disregard' and Command Phrases, Including "ignore," "quit," "skip," and "stop," Breaks Google AI Overviews. "look" and "forget" are also Prompting Chatbot-Like Responses. (platform.theverge.com)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1144611/google-disregard-right-now-if-you-want-to-see-where-ai-overviews-fall-short-similar-comm

For comparison, Bing and Kagi responses

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[-] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 6 hours ago

IRC prank from the 2000s: if you type /quit playing games with my heart you'll hear a cool pop song.

2020s: if you type quit into Google it will understand this as an AI prompt.

[-] reksas@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 hours ago

i dont understand why go through so many hoops just to use shitty search engine, is using google really worth that?

[-] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 hours ago

It just has more of the web in its index than competitors do, so there are good practical reasons on occasion.

[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 9 points 1 day ago

There's an extension called Disable AI that gets rid of those intrusive Google Search AI "replies". I strongly recommend people to use it, because… seriously, they are convincing but misleading trash.

The two phonemic transcriptions of "disregard" in the first picture are a prime example of that. I could go on a full rant about it, but to keep it short: compare them with the ones provided by Wiktionary, and play "spot the differences". (Bonus points if you also play "spot the undeclared assumptions".)

[-] samwise_gamgee@beehaw.org 6 points 23 hours ago
[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 points 11 hours ago

You can also change it in the settings. Look for "search assist"; values are "never", "on demand", "sometimes", and "often".

But yeah, to be frank I use mostly DDG nowadays, I focused on Google due to the OP.

[-] TehPers@beehaw.org 4 points 22 hours ago

FYI when I tried Kagi's Quick Answer out of curiosity, even that gave me a dictionary definition for "disregard". That being the case, I'd trust it about as much as I trust Google's AI overviews (which is to mean "not at all"). It just doesn't show up for me unless I prompt it.

[-] XLE@piefed.social 4 points 22 hours ago

FWIW just searching Kagi (the way someone searched Google here) yields a dictionary definition "provided by WordsAPI". So it's actually

  • trustworthy
  • predictable
  • fast
  • energy-efficient

You can't say any of those things about AI.

[-] TehPers@beehaw.org 2 points 22 hours ago

Normally, yes. That always seems to be one of the results.

I specifically forced it to do a quick answer, and it still gave me a definition. Interestingly, for "disregard", it also covered a bit about the Google nonsense results after defining the word.

[-] Steve@startrek.website 8 points 1 day ago

Ublock origin -> block element

[-] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 12 points 1 day ago

Browser settings -> search engine -> literally anywhere else

[-] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 day ago

Well of course, how else would a chatbot react? Do people really "use" this, intentionally?

[-] DdCno1@beehaw.org 5 points 1 day ago

Google claims they do. During their last presentation, they boasted about billions of users of their AI. The sheer gall of these people!

[-] lath@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

Yes, default users "use" this because it's helpful, until it's not.

[-] Klear@piefed.world 1 points 1 day ago

None of these are working for me, except maybe skip which just displays results without the AI box.

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