• Hallucinating AI example

    From David Dalton@dalton@nfld.com to comp.ai on Thu Sep 17 18:07:21 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.ai

    I googled the lines

    rCLMy momma was a waitress; My daddy a truck driver; The thing
    that kept their power from them; Slowed me down awhile.rCY

    (from FerronrCOs song Girl On a Road)

    (to see if someone googling them would find the song)

    four times and each time the AI Overview gave me
    an incorrect origin,

    1. John Prine song White Trash (which doesnrCOt exist)
    2. Sugarland song Something more (no such lyrics)
    3. Bucky Covington song A Different World (no such lyrics)
    4. Chris Stapleton song A Simple Song (no such lyrics)

    Try it and see what you get.

    But luckily the list of hits that comes after the AI Overview
    does give pages with lyrics of FerronrCOs song.
    --
    https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html (Salmon on the Thorns)
    rCLMy momma was a waitress; My daddy a truck driver; The thing
    that kept their power from them; Slowed me down awhile.rCY (Ferron)

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  • From s|b@me@privacy.invalid to comp.ai on Fri Sep 18 11:45:37 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.ai

    On Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:07:21 EDT, David Dalton wrote:

    I googled the lines

    rCLMy momma was a waitress; My daddy a truck driver; The thing
    that kept their power from them; Slowed me down awhile.rCY

    (from FerronrCOs song Girl On a Road)

    (to see if someone googling them would find the song)

    four times and each time the AI Overview gave me
    an incorrect origin,

    1. John Prine song White Trash (which doesnrCOt exist)
    2. Sugarland song Something more (no such lyrics)
    3. Bucky Covington song A Different World (no such lyrics)
    4. Chris Stapleton song A Simple Song (no such lyrics)

    Try it and see what you get.

    But luckily the list of hits that comes after the AI Overview
    does give pages with lyrics of FerronrCOs song.

    I used Vibe (AKA Le Chat from mistral.ai):

    These lines are from the song *"The River"* by Bruce Springsteen,
    released in 1980 on the album of the same name. The lyrics reflect
    themes of working-class struggles, lost opportunities, and the impact of socioeconomic barriers on personal aspirations.

    | It's not from the river. Try again.

    The lines are from the song *"Thunder Road"* by Bruce Springsteen, from
    his 1975 album *Born to Run*.

    I then tried:

    | My momma was a waitress
    | My daddy a truck driver
    | The thing that kept their power from them
    | Slowed me down awhile.
    |
    | Which song belongs to these lyrics?

    The lyrics are from *"The River"* by Bruce Springsteen.

    - You seem to have found a way to break AI. <g>
    --
    s|b

    Horum omnium fortissimi sunt Belgae.
    (Julius Caesar)

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