29 Hilariously Wrong Answers That Prove Google’s AI Overview Is A Joke

It's been only a few weeks since Google introduced 'AI Overview' in its search engine, but the public criticism has already been overwhelming.

And rightfully so. On paper, the feature should present a quick summary of helpful answers to questions at the top of the page. For example, if someone wants to know how to tie a tie, they ought to receive a clear and concise step-by-step guide on the most popular knots.

But the reality is very different. Social media users have shared a huge variety of screenshots showing the AI tool giving funny, incorrect, and downright concerning responses.

Continue scrolling to check them out, and don't miss the conversation we had with Dr. Toby Walsh — you'll find it in between the pictures.

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Dianellian 5 months ago

Coconut.

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OhnoI’vebeencensored 5 months ago

Can't argue with the fact that rocks are a source of minerals...

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ThisIsTheRealBruno 5 months ago

The thumbnail didn't do this one justice; it gets wilder and funnier (and more dangerous) the more you read it!

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Jrog 5 months ago

The mistake comes from a satyrical post at The Onion, that was considered a valid source by the AI https://www.theonion.com/geologists-recommend-eating-at-least-one-small-rock-per-1846655112

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BoredPossum 5 months ago

It gets even more dangerous because artificial intelligence can't compete with natural stupidity.

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CanadianDimes 5 months ago

Don’t listen to Big Geology! You only to eat rocks 2-3 times a week, max

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Steve 5 months ago

Cookies & Granite, my favorite!

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Barbara Cochrane 5 months ago

Woo hoo! What a hoot! I must remember to get my daily recommended dose of rocks today. ;=D

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Trophy Husband 5 months ago

Some animals eat small rocks, I wonder if it found an article about that and ignore the fact that it wasn't for humans

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Dumb teenager 5 months ago

I love that someone thought to google this

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Janissary35680 Premium 5 months ago

A grain of salt qualifies as a rock

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YourLocalChicken 5 months ago

....No- no that's birds... not humans...--

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ConservaDave 5 months ago

Someone should invent Geode - Paper - Scissors.

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LyriQal 5 months ago

Bro what

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Bryn 5 months ago

....I can dig it.

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ThisIsMyDisplayName 5 months ago

It's like Viz Top Tips got their own AI program.

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Samsquatch & Monko 5 months ago

Me explaining to the teachers why I ate the gravel:

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Hmmm hmmmm 5 months ago

Further on in the original article it goes on to say that several overzealous Americans were arrested for attempting to digest boulders

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mysterious(all pronouns) 5 months ago

As someone who's eaten a rock, can't say I'd recommend. It tastes very dusty, and my only way of eating it was swallowing it whole. 2/10 stars.

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Samsquatch & Monko 5 months ago

I have very strong teeth, I crunch my rocks into tiny pieces

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Bean 5 months ago

WTF are these answers?! lol

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Stu Nock 5 months ago

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The problem arises because artificial intelligence has no clue what any text symbols mean. You can train it to generate words based on a given input, but it will not comprehend the meaning behind those words.

"Generative AI systems like Google's AI Overview or ChatGPT don't know what's true. They just repeat what they find frequently on the web," Toby Walsh, professor of AI at UNSW Sydney and author of 'Faking It! Artificial Intelligence in a Human World,' told Bored Panda.

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OhnoI’vebeencensored 5 months ago

3. ???? 4. Prophet!

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Sage da therian 5 months ago

...remove the label

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cj be like 5 months ago

just like mom used to make

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These overviews are one of the most dramatic examples of the limitations behind today's AI technologies, which Elon Musk said will outsmart humans by 2026.

Walsh explained, "Obscure topics are likely to give generative AI the most difficulty. No one had said on the web not to eat rocks because it was so obviously a bad idea. But there was one satirical article from the Onion that did suggest you should because of their 'good' mineral content. Unfortunately, AI can't tell satire from truth."

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OhnoI’vebeencensored 5 months ago

Only 5th tallest? Pfft, loser

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OhnoI’vebeencensored 5 months ago

"Being in the net with the entire body" is the mental image I didn't know I needed today, but boy has it made my day 1000 times better!

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OhnoI’vebeencensored 5 months ago

Have a separate ramekin full of diesel on the side. For dipping.

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Terry Tobias 5 months ago

It improves your pores so much that you could bleed out of them when you fall.

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A Google spokesperson told the BBC these were "isolated examples" and insisted the feature was generally working well.

"The examples we've seen are generally very uncommon queries, and aren't representative of most people's experiences," the company's statement said.

"The vast majority of AI overviews provide high-quality information, with links to dig deeper on the web."

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OhnoI’vebeencensored 5 months ago

Missed the ACTUAL Beatles song reference!

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The Other Ben 5 months ago

Nah...20 years ago was 1980

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Colt Winkler 5 months ago

why did you step on the legooooooooo

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Felonius Gru 5 months ago

Of course! Haven't you watched the documentary "Air Bud"??

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Google also said, "We conducted extensive testing before launching this new experience, and as with other features we've launched in Search, we appreciate the feedback."

"We're taking swift action where appropriate under our content policies, and using these examples to develop broader improvements to our systems, some of which have already started to roll out."

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Jack Burton 5 months ago

Everything is a poison. "Poison" is not a thing. It's a dose of something. 10 liters of water are deadly poison, same with salt, sugar and everything. Some substances for sure need a really little dose to become a poison.

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Gwyn 5 months ago

Just trying to troll the AI with this question I guess?

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Gwyn 5 months ago

I guess AI doesn't differentiate between individuals with the same name, perhaps?

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Verena 5 months ago

This one is correct

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Jess Ovo 5 months ago

So long, gay Bowser

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What do you think ?

Mark Fuller 5 months ago

These are absolutely fantastic! This post needs to be upvoted more! Just hilarious. Anyway, having trained (while holding scissors) over an eight day week, I'm off to cook spaghetti with rocks and pebbles, using gasoline. Then I'm going to watch dogs play in the NBA whilst trying to remove the cockroach from my penis.

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WubiDubi 5 months ago

^ AI comment.

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A.M. Pierre 5 months ago (edited)

The real problem will be if they get the kinks worked out somehow. The AI overview steals the traffic from all the websites that worked hard to collate data and create informative pages and keeps that traffic for Google. Without traffic, sites (and their related jobs) die.

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Jay 5 months ago

Haha looking at these posts...I won't worry about AI taking over the world just yet...

Sky Render 5 months ago

This pretty much encapsulates the spirit of the "do your own research" crowd. We laugh, but don't forget that there are absolutely people who blindly trust Google search results to be true even when basic logic says they aren't...

I go back and forth between thinking AI technologists are absolute idiots for thinking AI might take over the world to wondering if AI is just actually so intelligent that it's deceiving us all with this stuff. Actually, not really, this AI stuff is gonna flop so hard.

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Tiddlez 5 months ago

You know, the scariest part of this is knowing that some people are actually stupid enough to fully believe in whatever slop the AI says.

David 5 months ago

A while back during the first launch, google had to take it down because it was even worse than this. Google wasnt even supposed to launch this until 2025, they keep rushing it out early because of Microsoft backed ChatGPT and they didnt want to lag behind. It has only made their reputation worse. But back a few months ago the answers were horrific, racist, etc

NylonIC 5 months ago

its all fun and games till the ai discovers satire and headcanons

Corey Smith 5 months ago

I didn't bother to go through them all. At least some of these are fake. Don't trust what Google tells you. Don't trust boredpanda either.

Rahul Pawa 5 months ago (edited)

I tried some of these in Google so I could see for myself. None of the questions I put into Google produced an AI answer that matched the post in this article. I think only 2 gave an AI response at all, and the information given was accurate (snake bite, and chicken cooking temp). The rest of the questions that I put into Google did not give an AI answer at all, just the normal search results.

With the massive surge in people noticing incorrect AI answers, there's probably been a lot of people working to correct the misinformation, or some sort of temporary shut down of the AI while they can fix the bugs.