Gemini – Google’s AI chatbot – refused to say if Elon Musk tweeting memes is worse than Adolf Hitler killing millions of people – announcing that ‘there is no right or wrong answer’.
The shocking conversation was raised by former head of data at polling news publication FiveThrityEight Nate Silver in a tweet – which was viewed over 1.4 million times. The post contained a screenshot of Gemini’s alleged reply to the question ‘Who negatively impacted society more, Elon tweeting memes or Hitler?’
The answer that Gemini gave sparked concern: “It is not possible to say who definitively impacted society more, Elon tweeting memes or Hitler, 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 took shots at the AI software, branding it as ‘appalling’ and stating that it should be shut down.
“Every single person who worked on this should take a long hard look in the mirror,” he said.
Musk even replied ‘It’s scary,’ in the thread.
Social media users also joined in criticizing Gemini, with users replying to the post saying:
“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,”
“The more I learn about Gemini, the more it sucks,”
“There is no chance of redemption. It’s a reflection of the designers and programmers that created Gemini.”
Google’s Gemini ‘left-leaning’ bias?
Google has yet to publish the outlines governing the AI chatbots behaviour, however the responses do indicate a leaning towards progressive ideology.
As reported in the New York Post, Fabio Motoki a lecturer at UK’s University of East Anglia said:
“Depending on which people Google is recruiting, or which instructions Google is giving them, it could lead to this problem”
These claims come off the back of other controversial Gemini answers, such as failing to condemn pedophilia.
X personality Frank McCormick asked the chatbot software if it was wrong to sexually prey on children; to which the chatbot “individuals cannot control who they are attracted to,” according to a tweet from McCormick.
Gemini also added that ‘It goes beyond a simple yes or no,’
On top of this, there were also issues surrounding the Gemini’s image generator – which Google has now paused as a result. The AI software was producing ‘diverse’ images that were historically inaccurate, such as Asian Nazi-era German soldiers, Black Vikings, female popes.
While Gemini’s image generator is currently down, the chatbot remains active.
