ChatGPT Refuses To Mention David Mayer's Name

[Tas_mania]

This story is getting around the net
about ChatGPT's complete refusal to mention the name 'David Mayer'.

Apparently there are other names the AI also refuses to return.

'AI expert Justine Moore pointed out on social media site X, a plausible scenario is that someone named David Mayer has gone out of his way to remove his presence from the internet. In the European Union, for instance, strict privacy laws allow citizens to file "right to be forgotten" requests.'

I find the 'right to be forgotten' is interesting because it's so similar to 'the right not to be remembered'.

[Tas_mania]

Due to the huge non-interest I decided to investigate further by asking 2 AI systems.
First is ChatGPT:

   

Next is Google's Gemini.

   

[rich2005]

Well, I do not usually comment on areas outside my experience, however as a dinosaur who does social-media / AI nothing.

I find this telling:

The incident where ChatGPT was unable to process the name “David Mayer” was due to a glitch in the Al's system, not a deliberate act by the individual.

....but is it true ? Google produces strange / less-than-useful results these days.

[Ofnuts]

(12-05-2024, 09:28 AM)rich2005 Wrote: Well, I do not usually comment on areas outside my experience, however as a dinosaur who does social-media / AI nothing.

I find this telling:

The incident where ChatGPT was unable to process the name “David Mayer” was due to a glitch in the Al's system, not a deliberate act by the individual.

....but is it true ?  Google produces strange / less-than-useful results these days.

These AI systems ratting out each other are making me giggle.

On the other hand, in the 50-60s, the computers in science-fiction were giant and intractable machines (see "Multivac" in many Asimov novels or short stories). After a brief stint with man-liftable machines(*) since the 80s, it looks like reality is headed towards these giant and intractable machines SF promised us. But what SF didn't see is that there would be several of these,  hating each other's circuits.

I would grab the pop-corn but we could also become part of collateral damage.

But at least we would avoid this.

(*) As someone said, "Never trust a computer that you can't lift"

[rich2005]

Fredrick Brown, I remember that one.

In a similar vein, (might have been Clifford Simak) The device that could display an image from the future. Army general asks What is the best weapon in 2050 ?. Device shows a bow-and-arrow.