Another example of Google Search AI Overviews missing the point
So here's yet another example of Google Search AI Overviews
completely missing the point of a question and giving misleading/wrong
answers. I asked Google how much larger a 75 inch TV is than a 55 inch
TV. Google replied with an AI Overview declaring the 75 was
36% larger than the 55, "meaning the viewing area is significantly
bigger on the 75 inch screen", it confidently declared.
Only 36%? That doesn't seem right. We're talking about viewing area,
as the AI reply itself stated.
So what went wrong? If you look at the calculation that the AI answer
used, it simply calculated how much longer the diagonal of the 75 is
vs. the 55. Yeah, it's about 36% longer. But that's NOT the viewing
area.
If you calculate out the actual viewing area, a term mentioned by the
AI answer itself, the actual result is that the 75 viewing area is
about 86% (!) larger than the 55. Not a mere 36%.
So the AI Overview answer was utterly misleading at best, and just
plain stupid wrong at worst. Not even close.
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