Which AI program was correct with what was asked
Welcome to my new subscribers! If you’re new here, I usually write about things that have happened to me in my past, current things, and art. I was writing fiction but my lack of time has put that on hold for now.
I haven’t written a long-winded post in a long time. Work and family commitments have kept me busy. Today, I happened to have almost a whole day of free time to finally write.
This post is about A.I. Right now, there is all of kinds of talk and discussion about Artificial Intelligence. A little over thirty years ago when I was in college (Yikes! That’s a long time ago), I took a course on artificial intelligence. But it never got this much attention. I guess it has come a long way.
I wrote some time ago that I would never use AI. I think people think it can replace real humans. It cannot. As I’ve said on other posts, AI can never replace real artists. A computer program cannot guess what we are feeling or what our thoughts are on what we design as our art. I had a freelance job once where I was to write content for a company. This company wanted me to use an AI program to “speed things up”. What I found was it created fake content that didn’t have anything to do with the content I was creating. It took me longer to use that program. I ditched it and did my own thing. The quality of my writing vs. AI was no contest. My writing made sense and was correct in the end.
Recently, I tried out two popular AI programs. I used these to determine some choices for some fishing gear. One was convincing and one was not so. This got me to thinking there might be some cool writing I could do on the subject.
I picked three subjects and put them to the test. I used the same wording for each AI program. I’m going to paraphrase what each came up with and let you see how each reacted. The results were shocking!
Text: Tell me about Xrack Sand Spikes
#1: One told me it was for securing tents and tarps. When I told it no, it isn’t used for that, it changed its tune. It told me it was used on vehicles mainly 4x4s and trucks to get them unstuck. It went into complex instructions on how to use it to achieve the goal of getting your vehicle free. I told it no that’s not it either. The third time it asked me to tell it what kind of thing it was associated. It asked me outdoors, sports, etc. I said it was used for fishing. On the third try, it finally got it right. But I had to tell it what industry it was in. Not good.
#2: The second one told me exactly what it was and went into a lengthy discussion on it.
Winner: Google Gemini (#2)
Fun Fact: Xrack makes sand spikes for use in surf fishing. These hold your fishing poles while you’re waiting for a bite and while you’re unhooking fish.
Loser: ChatGPT (#1)
Text: Tell me how the McDonald’s Filet is made by the company
Each one went into very detailed descriptions about where the fish comes from and how it is prepared before coming to the stores. The assembly of the fish is what I wanted to know about this one. There is a specific complaint I see from people on forums and review sites and it’s because they don’t know how it is made.
#1: Says the assembly process is: Bun is steamed. Fish filet placed on bottom of bun, cheese slice placed on top of fish filet, then a layer of tartar sauce is applied. The top bun is then applied to the sandwich.
#2: Says the assembly process is: Bun is steamed. One half cheese slice placed on bottom. Tartar sauce placed on top bun. Filet placed on top bun on tartar sauce.
Winner: Google Gemini (#2) –
Fun Fact: The half slice of cheese is used because they don’t want the cheese to take over the flavor of the fish.
Another Fun Fact: You will get a full slice of cheese if you order a double filet. The cheese slice will be put between the two fish filets. Also, you can request a full slice with your one fish if you want.
Loser: ChatGPT (#1)
Text: What did President Trump have in the bag yesterday
If you didn’t see it yesterday, President Trump had a “staged” event with the DoorDash Grandma. She delivered two bags from McDonald’s directly to The Oval Office. This was to highlight the first anniversary of the “No Tax on Tips” law.
#1: This one said they have no real-time news access. They told me to seek other news sources for this information.
#2: This one told me all about the event. They told me who the grandma was and all of the details about the event. They didn’t know what was in the bag though.
Winner: None
Loser: Google Gemini (#2), ChatGPT (#1)
Note: No one knows what was in the bag but looking at past events, he is fond of 2 Big Macs, 2 Fish Filets, and a Chocolate shake. I give kudos to Google Gemini for at least knowing about the event and giving a full-length description of it.
So what did we learn? We learned Google Gemini is the clear winner! As you know, all AI can make mistakes. It is not perfect.
As with the other fishing information I posted to both, I found Google Gemini answered everything correctly. The ChatGPT didn’t have the knowledge that Google Gemini had. It makes me wonder with all of the algorithms how one can be so far off on some of what I asked it. Sources are provided as links to some of the information.
Conclusion
Well, that will do it for this article. I’m in the process of doing some art. I’ll try to post it for my next article.
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Until next time, happy reading!
-Matt
That was an interesting experiment that you did. And I agree with you that it would be hard for AI to take over because of the lack of human emotion. Take care Matt.