Daily Reminder To Not Listen To Google’s AI Overview

Hey y’all, I’m here today with a PSA that I find myself repeating multiple times a day, every single day. And I’m going to do it again. AI is wrong a lot. And I mean a lot. Both about inconsequential things and extremely consequential things. But the fact it is so wrong so consistently about inconsequential things should make you think twice about listening to it regarding anything even remotely serious. For today’s example of “AI is always wrong and I hate that it just lies so confidently right to everyone’s face,” I’ll be talking about Connections. I play Wordle and Connections almost every day, as do many of my friends. Today, for some reason, the Connections game board is comprised of red and white tiles. This is not something I’ve ever seen before, and none of my friends know why it looks so different, either. So, I Googled, “why is the connections board red,” and Google AI Overview told me “The Connections game board turns red when you make a mistake or get an answer wrong.”…