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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 2026-04-25 09:40 +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
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.

> Wow, your arguments have got even weaker than your AI's nonsense.

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

> That's just too cute to dispute.

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

>>>>>>>> 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 if you only believe AI BS,

There is no bullshit, you pathetic excuse for a bullshit artist

> why believe anything else they claim?

Because I haven't seen AI get anything wrong

>>>>>>>>> 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

> The SOURCES won't tell you what the coroner was thinking when they
> said that.

That wasnt about what the coroner meant,
its what the TAVERN meant when they told
the coroner how much he had drank

>>>>>>> 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

> So there was no point to you reading the article that prompted your
> question to the AI, since it was all just repeating the coroner's
> claims anyway.

It is in fact doing nothing of the sort, you pathetic excuse for a  
bullshit artist

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