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Google’s ‘Bard’ (AI) TOTALLY BOMBED On My 1st Query — Got It 100% Wrong!

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by Anura Guruge
on March 25, 2023

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Click to ENLARGE. Screenshot of my interaction.

Wow & WHOA! I am in shock. It got it totally, completely WRONG!

What is scary is IF I had believed it. I would have been wrong too & I try hard to minimize how often I get my RESEARCH wrong. Wow.

I had been researching that very same question for half an hour when I got this e-mail from Google telling me to try Bard. I was excited. I thought it would CONFIRM my findings. WOW. It got it totally wrong.

‘Wikipedia’, for a start, has a ‘Family Day‘ page which lists two countries that met the criteria. Wikipedia does NOT include Mozambique. So, you have to do a fair amount of digging — which is my forte.

I am NO STRANGER to AI. Wayback, in the 1970s, I was dabbling in our embryonic efforts at AI. I looked at developing a program that would play Scrabble. The only thing that foiled me was that we did not have computerized dictionaries at the time. But, even then I had doubts as to what AI could do & what it might not be able to do.

But, right now, I am totally disgusted with Bard. Loser!

Is ‘Marmite’ Really Banned In Canada — Says So In 2018 British Movie ‘Sometimes Always Never’.

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by Anura Guruge
on July 28, 2022

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Click to ENLARGE. First results from a ‘Google’ search.
Click image to access the ‘IMDb’ listing for this 2018 movie.

This was a quirky movie even by British standards. But, if you like British quirkiness (as I do, being a quirky Brit) you will quite like this film. It is actually decent — though, intentionally, slow-paced.

IF you like scrabble, as I do, YOU will LOVE this. You will also learn a LOT of useful words & tips. So, if you play scrabble, WATCH IT. I watched it because I like scrabble. I learnt a lot of useful scrabble words.

Some may watch it because of Bill Nighy. As ever, he is immaculately laconic. Classic.

Well, Bill is who brings up this issue about Marmite & Canada. It would appear that there is some truth to his claim. It all has to do with the secret formulation of Marmite. But, isn’t that also the case with ‘Coco Cola’ & ‘KFC’? Well, you should look it up. My goal here is to just bring it to your notice.

As for the title: “Sometimes Always Never“. I won’t spoil it for you. Very clever. Just lets say that Bill plays a tailor. It has to do with clothing. That is all I will divulge.