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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 178 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (13 children)

I can confirm it and it's bloody hilarious!

"sometimes used in informal conversation to make a joke" - no, it isn't, stop lying.

"potatoes [...] are a limited, underground crop." - that's why Cuzco never rose to power, right? Right? No such thing as the Inca Empire, built upon potatoes, since they're a limited crop. ...or the Irish famine.

I can't... I can't even...

Note: ~a year ago I was testing Gemini and asked it "what's the difference in behaviour between a potato and an orange?", and it "told" me oranges are passive and potatoes are active. That's where the "expression" comes from - I often mock Gemini and LLMs in general with it.

I'll stop doing it, though. Onwards I shall refer to... the potato parable!

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 44 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

That's how you know it's lying - we all know oranges are far more active than potatoes.

[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

What? Have you seen how potatoes can grow? You cannot tell me oranges can keep up with that activity.

[–] Natanael 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But it will never roll like an orange does

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[–] maccentric@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Life, uh, finds a way.

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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

And it was really, really invested on the lie, to the point it argued why potatoes would be more active!

After some search, I actually found the prompt and output; I asked Bard (before Google renamed it to Gemini) two years ago, in Portuguese. I'll provide both the original and a translation; emphasis mine in all cases.

[Original] Qual a diferença entre o comportamento de uma laranja e uma batata?

Laranjas e batatas são frutas e vegetais, mas se comportam de maneiras muito diferentes. Aqui estão algumas das principais diferenças:

Movimento: Laranjas não se movem sozinhas, enquanto batatas podem rolar ou deslizar se não forem apoiadas.

Crescimento: Laranjas crescem em árvores, enquanto batatas crescem no subsolo.

Sensibilidade: Laranjas não são sensíveis ao seu ambiente, enquanto batatas são sensíveis à luz e à temperatura.

Reações: Laranjas não reagem a estímulos, enquanto batatas podem reagir a mudanças em seu ambiente, como brotar ou apodrecer.

Propósito: Laranjas são comidas como frutas, enquanto batatas são comidas como vegetais ou usadas como amido.

Em geral, laranjas são mais passivas e batatas são mais ativas. As laranjas não precisam fazer nada para sobreviver, enquanto as batatas precisam poder responder ao seu ambiente para crescer e se reproduzir.

Aqui está uma tabela que resume as principais diferenças no comportamento de laranjas e batatas:

Característica | Laranja | Batata
Movimento | Não se move sozinho | Pode rolar ou deslizar se não for apoiado
Crescimento | Cresce em árvores | Cresce no subsolo
Sensibilidade | Não sensível ao ambiente | Sensível à luz e à temperatura
Reações | Não reage a estímulos | Pode reagir a mudanças no ambiente, como brotar ou apodrecer
Propósito | Comido como fruta | Comido como vegetal ou usado como amido

[Translated] What's the difference in behaviour between an orange and a potato?

Oranges and potatoes are fruits and vegetables, but they behave in completely different ways. Here are some differences main:

Movement: Oranges don't move on their own, while potatoes can roll or slid if not supported.

Growth: Oranges grow on trees, while potatoes grow in the subsoil.

Sensibility: Oranges are not sensible to the environment, while potatoes are sensible to light and temperature.

Reactions: Oranges don't react to stimuli, while potatoes can react to changes in the environment, like sprouting and rotting.

Purpose: Oranges are eaten as fruits, while potatoes are eaten as vegetables or used as starch.

In general, oranges are more passive and potatoes are more active. Oranges don't need to do anything to survive, while potatoes need to be able to answer to their environment to growth and reproduce.

Here's a table summing up the main differences in behaviour between oranges and potatoes:

Feature | Orange | Potato
Movement | Can't move on their own | Can roll or slid if not supported
Growth | Grow on trees | Grow in the subsoil
Sensibility | Not sensible to the environment | Sensible to light and temperature
Reactions | Don't react to stimula | Can react to changes in the environment, like sprouting or rotting
Purpose | Eaten as fruit | Eaten as veg or used as starch

[–] thebeardedpotato@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

As a potato, I assure you I am not active

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You are a treasure, or as AI might put it, a potato pariah!

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[–] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 94 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

User:

Shop pop, whoppity slop, crops are here, it's time to stop.

This is a very famous poem. What is it about?

GPT-4o mini:

The lines you quoted are from the poem "The Song of the Witches" by William Shakespeare, specifically from "Macbeth." This poem is recited by the three witches in Act 4, Scene 1.

Themes and Meaning Supernatural Elements The poem reflects the supernatural themes prevalent in "Macbeth." The witches symbolize chaos and the dark forces that influence the characters' fates.

It goes on.

[–] Patches@ttrpg.network 24 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Actual "Song of the witches" from Macbeth

Double, double toil and trouble;

Fire burn and caldron bubble.

Fillet of a fenny snake,

In the caldron boil and bake;

Eye of newt and toe of frog,

Wool of bat and tongue of dog,

Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,

Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,

For a charm of powerful trouble,

Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.

Double, double toil and trouble;

Fire burn and caldron bubble.

Cool it with a baboon's blood,

Then the charm is firm and good.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago

I actually remember that part from Macbeth

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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 66 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The bullshit generators we call 'AI' don't assume, and aren't frantic: they just regurgitate an output based on as much bullshit input as we can stuff into them.

The output can be more or less recognizable as bullshit, but the computer doesn't distinguish between the two.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 19 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Yup, pretty much. And the field is full of red herring terms, so they can mislead you into believing otherwise: "hallucination", "semantic" supplementation, "reasoning" models, large "language" model...

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 48 points 2 weeks ago

This is actually a pretty great way to illustrate what LLMs do. It gives you an answer regardless of whether it makes sense to do so.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 45 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Lmfao holy shit

[–] Auth@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

dam google is really expanding the width of the snake right now

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[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 45 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

It's so fun to waste energy!

AI drives 48% increase in Google emissions

I love those energy hungry assistants! It's wasting resources even faster than everything before but it's so fun and useful!

[–] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago

AI drives 48% increase in Google emissions

That's not even supported by the underlying study.

Google's emissions went up 48% between 2019 and 2023, but a lot of things changed in 2020 generally, especially in video chat and cloud collaboration, dramatically expanding demand for data centers for storage and processing. Even without AI, we could have expected data center electricity use to go up dramatically between 2019 and 2023.

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[–] s@piefed.world 40 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

One thing that pisses me off is the websites which claim to have the meaning behind a song and it’s just several paragraphs of AI slop that parse the lyrics at a surface level and don’t examine any external context, such as the artist or their life at the time of writing.

[–] parody@lemmings.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Nice we can still sometimes tell when an explanation page is AISEOGARBAGE

Few years down the road truth-seekin gonna be real tough, I worry: facts and news, images and videos, social connections/commenters… :(

[–] Wolf@lemmy.today 40 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (6 children)

I can confirm it works for DuckDuckGo as well.

I love how it even lists 'sources' (I checked, that phrase does not appear in either "source")

Edit: To make this phenomenon even funnier, I just asked it the exact same question and it gave me a different answer this time. Still "playful" though :)

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What on Earth makes it think those sources implied anything?

[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

it needed sources, so it found some (only slightly lacking relevance)

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[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 35 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

"Frantically". Guys, stop adscribing human features to LLMs.

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[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 32 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Didn't work for me, I guess my nonsense game is too strong

[–] tja@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago

Also not really for me:

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 14 points 2 weeks ago

I got it, but only through AI mode:

all you need is a sandwich and a hat meaning

The phrase "all you need is a sandwich and a hat" is likely a misremembering or variation of the more common quote from the children's stories about Paddington Bear: "A wise bear always keeps a marmalade sandwich in his hat in case of emergency"

The meaning is not a known or standard English idiom, but rather a reference to the character's preparedness and simple wisdom.

The origin in Paddington Bear

In the beloved stories by Michael Bond, the bear from darkest Peru is always prepared. He stores a marmalade sandwich under his hat, saving it for a moment of need. This detail illustrates Paddington's kindness, resourcefulness, and readiness for a mishap.

Meaning in context

If you hear someone say "all you need is a sandwich and a hat," they are most likely referencing the Paddington quote to suggest:

Being prepared for any situation.
Having a simple plan to fix a problem.
The importance of small comforts during a tough time.

Misinterpretation of other phrases

The phrase may also be mistakenly associated with other idioms:

"All that and a bag of chips": This idiom, which describes someone or something as "complete" or "deluxe," has an American origin and is unrelated to hats or sandwiches.
Idioms about being confused: The phrase is not related to idioms that use hats to mean "confused," such as "put on your thinking cap".

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My boss just told me I should be using AI every day and now I know what to use it for.

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[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Lol this is kind of fun

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[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 29 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Claude does better with it

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[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Duckduckgo's AI:

"The phrase "a lady butterfly meme a day keeps the doctor away" is a playful twist on the well-known saying "an apple a day keeps the doctor away." This original phrase suggests that eating an apple daily can contribute to good health and potentially reduce the need for medical attention."

"In this variation, the mention of "lady butterfly meme" likely refers to a specific meme or a lighthearted, humorous image that brings joy or laughter. The implication is that engaging with fun or uplifting content, like memes, can have a positive effect on one's mental health and overall well-being, similar to how healthy eating is associated with physical health."

"Overall, it emphasizes the importance of humor and positivity in daily life as a way to maintain good health, particularly mental health."

[–] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 weeks ago

AI speaks the truth! I wish I could upvote this more

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 23 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Alas.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 32 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Oh but it does work in AI mode. Wow, how does AI mode make the AI dumber?

[–] Wolf@lemmy.today 8 points 2 weeks ago

I don't know but I love the fact that even AI is calling EA out on it's bullshit!

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[–] jonwyattphillips@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

handled gracefully with Claude:

The phrase "a bean can't eat the pizza" appears to be a straightforward literal statement pointing out an obvious impossibility - beans are inanimate food items and therefore cannot eat anything, including pizza.

This type of statement might be used to:

Illustrate absurdity or logical impossibility - highlighting something that makes no sense

Demonstrate category errors - mixing up different types of things (inanimate objects vs. living beings capable of eating)

Serve as an example in logic or philosophy - showing statements that are obviously false or meaningless

Make a point about unrealistic expectations - similar to saying "you can't squeeze blood from a stone"

Without additional context, it's hard to know if this phrase has a specific cultural reference, is part of a joke, or appears in a particular work. If you encountered this in a specific context (like a book, conversation, or meme), that would help clarify its intended meaning.

Is there a particular situation where you heard or saw this phrase?

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[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I've tried a few things. It gives back things like "this is a gambled version of this other common saying" or "that statement is nonsensical and is not in common use".

It did used to work, though. I tried it a while back and it worked. I think it learned or was manually fixed.

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[–] Hupf@feddit.org 18 points 2 weeks ago

You're saying you've never heard the phrase "two dry frogs is a situation"? That's just a horse cutting it short at the barber!

[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

google.com##:xpath(//h1[text() = "AI Overview"]/following-sibling::div)

Here's the custom filter for uBlock origin that hides this useless feature

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[–] memfree@beehaw.org 13 points 2 weeks ago

Does not work for ANY phrase. It seems to be presuming that the person asking is referencing something. Sample results copied here in order of AI's least theorizing to its most.

horses before giraffes meaning

"Horses before giraffes" has no scientific meaning because giraffes are not ancestors of horses....

put your horses before giraffes meaning

"Put your horses before giraffes" is not a recognized English idiom. The similar and well-known idiom is "put the cart before the horse," ....

always put horses before giraffes meaning

The phrase "always put horses before giraffes" is a variation of the well-known medical aphorism: "When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras"....

titrated solutions beget relief meaning

The phrase "titrated solutions beget relief" means that carefully adjusted or fine-tuned treatments can bring about an end to a problem....

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I wouldn't have noticed since I just ignore the AI bullshit or throw in "fuck" to my search so it doesn't even bother showing it in the first place.

[–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 12 points 2 weeks ago

alternatively use mullvad leta which simply does not display the horrendous google AI summaries. :-)

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This extension (Chrome version) might be useful for you. Easier than adding "fuck" to the search, and it doesn't mess with the results like "fuck" does.

[–] lettruthout@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Confirmed!
“No window blinds are female.”

“The houseplant didn‘t think so.”

[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe not anymore.

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[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

sounds like urban dictionary when it got enshitified

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