Hermansson logged in to Google and began looking up results for the IQs of different nations. When he typed in “Pakistan IQ,” rather than getting a typical list of links, Hermansson was presented with Google’s AI-powered Overviews tool, which, confusingly to him, was on by default. It gave him a definitive answer of 80.

When he typed in “Sierra Leone IQ,” Google’s AI tool was even more specific: 45.07. The result for “Kenya IQ” was equally exact: 75.2.

Hmm, these numbers seem very low. I wonder how these scores were determined.

  • @grue@lemmy.world
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    11 month ago

    Okay, but it’s still got nothing to do with the dishonest rhetorical technique called “JAQing off” (a.k.a. “Just Asking Questions,” a.k.a. “sealioning”).

    • @kitnaht@lemmy.world
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      21 month ago

      It’s kind of a … symptom … of the community we’re in. I wouldn’t read into it too deeply.