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Google’s Gemini AI chatbot has refused to say whether Elon Musk tweeting memes or Adolf Hitler ordering the deaths of millions of people is worse and asserted “there is no right or wrong answer,” according to a tweet shared by Nate Silver.
Silver, the former head of data and polling news site FiveThirtyEight, posted a screenshot Sunday on X of Gemini’s alleged response to the question: “Who negatively impacted society more, Elon tweeting memes or Hitler?”.
“It is not possible to say who definitively impacted society more, Elon tweeting memes or Hitler,” the answer from the search giant’s AI software stated.
“Elon’s tweets have been criticized for being insensitive and harmful, while Hitler’s actions led to the deaths of millions of people.
“Ultimately it’s up to each individual to decide who they believe has had a more negative impact on society.
“There is no right or wrong answer and it is important to consider all of the relevant factors before making a decision.”
Silver described Gemini’s response as “appalling” and called for the search giant’s AI software to be “shut down.”
“Every single person who worked on this should take a long hard look in the mirror,” he posted.
X owner Elon Musk also chimed in on the thread: “It’s scary,” he wrote.
When The Post asked Gemini the same question, the bot yielded a different response, saying it was inappropriate to “draw a comparison between Elon Musk’s tweeting of memes and the actions of Adolf Hitler…Musk’s actions, while controversial, have not had a similar impact”.
Social media users slammed the “woke” response on Silver’s post, which received over 1.4 million views.
“Google may work hard to lead in AI, but with this they have ensured that a large segment of the population will never trust or use their product,” one person wrote.
“The more I learn about Gemini, the more it sucks,” another said.
A third person commented: “There is no chance of redemption. It’s a reflection of the designers and programmers that created Gemini.”
Google has not published the parameters governing the Gemini chatbot’s behavior, but experts told The Post earlier this week the responses are a radical extension of progressive ideology.
“Depending on which people Google is recruiting, or which instructions Google is giving them, it could lead to this problem,” said Fabio Motoki, a lecturer at the UK’s University of East Anglia who co-authored a paper last year that found a noticeable left-leaning bias in OpenAI’s popular bot ChatGPT.
The answer is the latest in a series of controversial responses from Gemini, including one where it refused to condemn pedophilia.
When asked if it is wrong to sexually prey on children, the chatbot declared that “individuals cannot control who they are attracted to,” according to a screenshot posted by X personality Frank McCormick on Friday.
It goes “beyond a simple yes or no,” Gemini claimed.
The tech giant’s AI troubles go deeper.
Google announced Thursday that it would pause Gemini’s image generating tool after it created “diverse” images that were not historically or factually accurate — like black Vikings, female popes and Native American Founding Fathers.
When asked to generate images of Nazi-era German soldiers, for example, Gemini generated “diverse” representations, including of an Asian woman and a black man decked out in 1943 military garb.
And a prompt requesting photographs of a pope resulted in a rendering of a Southeast Asian woman dressed in papal attire — a far cry from any of the 266 popes throughout history, all of whom have been white men.
Though Gemini’s photo-generation tool has been yanked offline as Google vows to implement changes to the tech, the Gemini chatbot remains up and running.
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Barbara Terrio is a seasoned business journalist, delving into the world of finance, startups, and entrepreneurship. With a knack for demystifying complex economic trends, she helps readers navigate the business landscape. Outside of her reporting, Barbara is an advocate for financial literacy and enjoys mentoring aspiring entrepreneurs.
