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Re: Testing suggests Google's AI Overviews tell millions of lies per hour

From "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups aus.computers
Subject Re: Testing suggests Google's AI Overviews tell millions of lies per hour
Date 2026-04-24 10:41 +1000
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Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>> Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
>>>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
>>>>>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>>>>>>>> Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
>>>>>>>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>>>>>>>>>> Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
>>>>>>>>>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>>>>>>>>>>>> Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "This shouldn't come as a surprise. After all, "AI" tools
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> no
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  understanding, no intelligence, no context, and they  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> can't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> actually
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  make sense of anything. They are glorified pachinko
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> machines
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  the output - the ball - tumbling down the most likely  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> path
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> between
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  the pins based on nothing but chance and which pins it  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> has
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> already
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  hit.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Just did this one,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://grok.com/share/bGVnYWN5_ff894a2f-e630-4557-92e9-435a87b51d91

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That result is nothing even remotely like what you would
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> get from a glorified pachinko machine and yes I got that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> question from that news item in the ABC Just In feed and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> didnt get as useful a result from google

>>>>>>>>>> You just ignored that

>>>>>>>>> What, that you can't Google?

>>>>>>>> I can and do google

>>>>>>>> No, that that result is nothing even remotely like what
>>>>>>>> you would get from a glorified pachinko machine

>>>>>> There you go, ignoring that again

>>>>> Yep.

>>>> Because even you realise that you can never
>>>> bullshit your way out of that terminal stupidity

>>> Nope.

>> Yep

> Glad you agree.

Even more pathetic than you usually manage and that's saying something

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I get this page from a brewery by searching for "handles of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> beer"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with Duck Duck Go, which contradicts the "425-450mL" range
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> given
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in your AI answer

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The grok response accurately points out that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the volume varys with the location, fuckwit

>>>>>>>>>>>>> But inaccurately states the volume only varies between in  
>>>>>>>>>>>>> range   of 425-450mL

>>>>>>>>>>>> Bullshit it does

>>>>>>>>>>>>> and always matches a schooner.

>>>>>>>>>>>> It doesn't say that either

>>>>>>>>>>> It says it over and over from the start:

>>>>>>>>>> Bullshit on your ALWAYS lie

>>>>>>>>>>> "18 handles of beer" refers to 18 schooners (or pints) of beer  
>>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>>  Australian slang"

>>>>>>>>>>> "A "handle" is a common term for a schooner"

>>>>>>>>>>> "So, "18 handles" means the person drank 18 schooners"

>>>>>>>>>> Pity about

>>>>>>>>>>        A "handle" is a common term for a schooner --
>>>>>>>>>>        a beer glass with a handle, typically holding around
>>>>>>>>>>        425-450 ml (about 15 oz) of beer, depending on the state.

>>>> Even you realise that you can never
>>>> bullshit your way out of that stupid lie

>>> Umm, That was your AI's lie.

>> You haven't shown that it is a lie

> Only a blind man couldn't see what I've shown, or one of your
> Artificial Idiots.

You never could bullshit your way out of a wet paper bag

>>> But I'm glad you finally agree it was   telling you BS.

>> Even more pathetic than you usually manage

> Well yes, you are a bit.

Even more pathetic than you usually manage and that's saying something

>>>>>>>>> Like the USSD definition,

>>>>>>>> There was no USSD definition

>>>>>>>>> in normal grammar the qualification at the end would only apply  
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> the   part after the "--".

>>>>>>>> Pity about the DEPENDING ON THE STATE
>>>>>>>> you pathetic excuse for a bullshit artist

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and disputes that it's the same as a schooner in the NT:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://stoneandwood.com.au/blogs/all/our-guide-to-australias-beer-sizes-and-names

>>>>>> That doesnt even say what the volume of a handle of beer is

>>>>> 285ml in the NT like I quoted before.

>>>> Pity we aren't discussing the NT, as I told you before

>>> Your AI didn't know that.

>> Corse it did when it mentioned Flinders Island

> But you didn't, to it.

Didn't need to, it worked that out for itself

>>>>> It also says this which would
>>>>> suggest such terms also mean less than the 425ml for a schooner
>>>>> elsewhere in Aus:

>>>>> "By and large, jugs, pints and schooners are a pretty universally
>>>>>  understood size (except in SA), with most of the smaller options
>>>>>  often having a name unique to the region."

>>>> That suggests nothing of the sort, you pathetic excuse for a bullshit
>>>> artist

>>> Smaller options have the names "unique to the region" such as
>>> handle.

>> It doesn't say that about the word handle, you pathetic excuse for a
>> bullshit artist and NO ONE serves options in a container with a handle

> It's about the quantity, the article actually only says they "may
> come with a handle",

Not with that particular volume they don't

> but if you ever got out you'd have seenbeer   glases with handles before  
> anyway.

Not with that particular volume they don't

> It's hillarious how wrong you are,

We'll see...

> here's one with "285ml" actually   printed on the side!

> https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/306586746914

Pity that says VINTAGE. you pathetic excuse for a bullshit artist

>>>>>> And neither does anything else that google turns up

>>>> Which blows a fucking great hole in your stupid
>>>> claim that google gets it right and grok doesn't

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "The Northern Territory's beer sizes

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Pity we arent discussing the NT, fuckwit

>>>>>>>>>>>>> Your question to the AI never mentioned any location.

>>>>>>>>>>>> But it did accurately work out where I was getting that
>>>>>>>>>>>> phrase from, presumably by checking when that phrase has
>>>>>>>>>>>> been used recently, something google wouldn't have done

>>>>>>>>>>> Which is no excuse for providing an answer that doesn't apply  
>>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>> the NT when it doesn't even know for sure that the ABC article
>>>>>>>>>>> was   what prompted your question.

>>>>>>>>>> But it did work that out. So much for your
>>>>>>>>>> stupid glorified pachinko machine stupidty

>>>>>>>>>>> Plus it clearly said it applied Australia-wide.

>>>>>>>>>> Bullshit it does with

>>>>>>>>> He says while snipping where it said that.

>>>>>>>>>>        A "handle" is a common term for a schooner --
>>>>>>>>>>        a beer glass with a handle, typically holding around
>>>>>>>>>>        425-450 ml (about 15 oz) of beer, depending on the state.

>>>>>>>> Pity about the

>>>>>>>>         A "handle" is a common term for a schooner --
>>>>>>>>         a beer glass with a handle, typically holding around
>>>>>>>>         425-450 ml (about 15 oz) of beer, depending on the state.

>>>>>>>> Which you carefully omitted from what you quoted

>>>>>>>>> And replacing it with where talked about something else.

>>>>>>>> Bullshit it talked about something else

>>>>>>>>>>>>> It was speaking about all of Australia and in the NT it could
>>>>>>>>>>>>> be   way off.

>>>>>>>>>>>> But isnt with Flinders Island which is where the phrase was  
>>>>>>>>>>>> used

>>>>>>>>>>>> And you don't even know if the stoneandwood is accurate even  
>>>>>>>>>>>> for   the   NT

>>>>>>>>>>> Well my source is an Australian brewery, your Artificial  
>>>>>>>>>>> Idiot's   source is... nothing.

>>>>>>>>>> Pity about the SOURCES it lists, you pathetic excuse for a
>>>>>>>>>> bullshit artist

>>>>>>>>>>> No cites except the very ABC article that
>>>>>>>>>>> prompted your question. So there's no way to judge the accuracy
>>>>>>>>>>> of its statement since you can only guess where it might have  
>>>>>>>>>>> got   the info from.

>>>>>>>>>> Even a terminal fuckwit like you should be able to check the
>>>>>>>>>> SOURCES

>>>>>>>>> Yeah, sources full of random Reddit discussions,

>>>>>>>> More of your barefaced lies on the random

>>>>>>>>> which it probably paid attention to instead of better results  
>>>>>>>>> like   the brewery I found.

>>>>>>>> Bullshit it did and it basically said the same
>>>>>>>> thing, that handle normally means 425-450 ml

>>>>>>> No, it only talked about the term being used in the NT,

>>>>>> Which isnt where we are discussing,
>>>>>> so is a completely useless result

>>>>>>> and for the same 285ml quanity as a "middy" or "pot" in other  
>>>>>>> sates.

>>>>>>> Plus it didn't know where you were asking about anyway

>>>>>> Corse it did when it named that explicitly

>>>>>>> so shouldn't assume what it "normally means" there.

>>>>>> It didn't assume anything you pathetic excuse for a bullshit artist

>>>>> It assumed everything, and clearly got it all wrong.

>>>> It didnt get where the term handle was used
>>>> wrong, you pathetic excuse for a bullshit artist

>>> Did so too.

>> How odd that you can't prove that

> Did so too.

Bullshit you ever did

>>>> And you haven't extablished that the term
>>>> handle isnt mostly used for 425-450 ml either

>>> Did so too.

>> How odd that you can't prove that

> Did so too.

Bullshit you ever did

>>>>>>> You say it did correctly pick the article that prompted your
>>>>>>> question:

>>>>>> It clearly did

>>>>>>> https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-14/pedestrian-death-flinders-island-coroner-dismissal/106562466

>>>>>>> So I did a web search for "coronial findings tasmania" and found
>>>>>>> the actual coroner's report that had prompted the article here:

>>>>>>> https://www.magistratescourt.tas.gov.au/coronerscourt/findings/coronialfindings/2026/Investigation-into-the-death-of-David-Stanley-Bailey-Ruling.pdf

>>>>>>> Footnote number 6, on page 3, is of interest:

>>>>>>> "6 A handle of beer is 285mls in volume."

>>>>>> Just because that fuckwit got that wrong...

>>>>>> No one serves 285mls of beer in a glass with a handle

>>>> Have fun listing anywhere that does

>>> Furneaux Tavern where David Bailey was served, of course!

>> You don't know that you pathetic excuse for a bullshit artist

> The coroner knows it.

Nope, just ignorantly CLAIMS that

>>>>>>> So your Artificial Idiot lied about the quantity meantin the exact
>>>>>>> article that prompted your question!

>>>>>> More of your mindless bullshit

>>>>>>> Its total quantity would be off by at least 2.52L!

>>>>>> Wrong, as always

>>>>>>> An intelligent web search on the other hand helps get you the
>>>>>>> actual answer from the source of the article that prompted your
>>>>>>> question, instead of that useless AI BS.

>>>>>> The fuckwit coroner actually got it wrong
>>>>>> No one serves 285mls of beer in a glass with a handle

>>>>> Hillarious!

>>>> Pathetic!!

>>> Well yes, you are a bit.

>> Even more pathetic than you usually manage

> Well yes, you are a bit.

Even more pathetic than you usually manage and that's saying something

>>>>> You had to ask what a handle of beer is,

>>>> Because I had never heard that term
>>>> used before for a measure of beer.

>>>> The only thing that comes even close is
>>>> a stein or a jug of beer, both of which I
>>>> have heard plenty of times before

>>> So obviously the brewery

>> The brewery says nothing of the sort
>> you pathetic excuse for a bullshit artist

> You've clearly forgotten what the brewery said at this point.

It never says that you pathetic excuse for a bullshit artist

>>> and coroner know more than you,

>> Even more pathetic than you usually manage

>>> and as   usual the AI doesn't know anything.

>> Neither does google you pathetic excuse for a bullshit artist

>>>>> but now you're   denying what a brewery,

>>>> It never says that that term is used in Flinders Island

>>>>> and the coroner who first used the phrase,

>>>> And got it wrong and even google proves that

>>> They used the phrase and defined it,

>> With not a shred of evidence that their definition is correct

>>> nothing on Google's going to prove they meant something else.

>> But not a shred of evidence that they got it right

> Where's your AI's shred of evidence they meant 425-450ml instead
> of 285ml like they said?

Its in the SOURCES, fuckwit

>>>>> both say it means. On the basis of an AI response which doesn't
>>>>> even say specificially where it got its definition from.

>>>> More of your stupid bare faced lies with the SOURCES

>>> No evidence which of those it paid attention to, if any.

>> Even more pathetic than you usually manage

> Well yes, you are a bit.

Even more pathetic than you usually manage and that's saying something

>>>> And the coroner and stoneandwood doesn't either

>>> They're trustworthy sources themselves,

>> Mindless bullshit with the coroner's claim
>> which can't be substantiated anywhere

> Their claim about the meaning of what they said themselves?

Yep, they just claim that and never say where they got that

> Yeah,
> and you prove when you say "Mindless bullshit" it doesn't mean
> "you're absolutely right", which it obviously really does mean in
> this discussion.

Even more pathetic than you usually manage and that's saying something

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