I have an interesting 🧵for you!
I am testing out a new AI for a major big tech company. Although it's still in the works, it's quite intuitive. It can tell you all about Abraham Lincoln, the Ford Model T, water engines, cruise ships, what was reported about AstroWorld...
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...and it can even tell you the difference between germ and terrain theories. It's able to use social media, search engines and books to compile information in real time. Not bad.
HOWEVER, one topic that blew its AI brain was...
DAMAR HAMLIN.
Buckle up.
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I started out with a simple question and the AI told me about a 26-year-old black man that was shot and killed by police in Detroit. To my knowledge, there is no Damar Hamlin with this story. I thought that was strikingly OFF after having spent time with this AI already...
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The cool thing about these AI chats is that you can sort of talk out things that don't feel right. Well, this AI (that has access to ESPN and many other sources of information) couldn't get Damar's university, professional football teams or draft year correct.
Strange.
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I literally talked the AI into finding more accurate information about Damar Hamlin. Although it still had many details incorrect, it suddenly knew what team he played for and what team he was playing when he suffered cardiac arrest. The dates are obviously wrong.
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You'll notice in that last response the AI said Damar suffered from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The AI gave me a strange response here which could be true, but I have seen no evidence of it.
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I asked a sensible question within the context of what the AI had just told me. I guess I *could* buy this story, but the AI contradicted itself by saying hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is rare and then later saying it could affect up to 1 in 500 people...
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The AI is aware no diagnosis for #DamarHamlin has been given to the public.
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This is when things got WEIRD.
I have to run for now, but I'll finish the thread later this afternoon. To be continued!
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Back.
Many reports say Damar coded twice, although there are some inconsistencies as to where (i.e. ambulance, hospital, etc.).
Wait, what's this I see? His family decided to take him off life support the night of the cardiac arrest? Huh?!? Where did the AI get that?!?
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What's this? The Damar Hamlin Foundation to raise awareness about hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?!? Why does this feel like an alternate storyline they decided not to go with?
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Okay, certainly the AI knows about the recent news, right? Hamlin's NFLPA award seems pretty straight forward. There's no way it can mess this one up...
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I circled back to the Damar Hamlin Foundation trying to understand where the AI got this from. I got a website that doesn't even exist. Coming from an AI that had just taken me through history with ease, I found this incredibly odd.
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I called out the AI's error. It apologized, admitted that it was incorrect and proceeded to give me another website that does not exist. Was it trolling me?!?
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I tried to get some clarification as to why the news was telling us Damar was alive and well while the AI thought otherwise. A very apologetic AI doubled down that he had passed away.
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Creepy. Especially the Terry Pegula quote...
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That last response reminded me that Bills co-owner Kim Pegula had her own health scare last year. This response shows you exactly how sharp this AI can be...
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I had to ask why the ambulance paused before leaving the stadium. A local FOX affiliate reported that they were waiting to get his mother from the stands. This never made sense to me and multiple nurses that I've talked to (like @Sarah66404654).
Creepy # of details here...
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I couldn't help but ask about Chasing M's. I have heard that it is indeed an LLC. I'm not so sure about the year and co-founder...
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I'm still not convinced this AI is trying to give me correct information.
A Jason Jones *did* write an article about Hamlin's Chasing M's for The Athletic. Just another dumb mistake from an AI that's usually sharp?
theathletic.com/4061973/2023/0…
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More on this fake foundation. Sounds mad woke.
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I pressed the AI on the news reports saying Damar Hamlin is alive. An apologetic AI concedes that he is alive but hasn't yet returned home.
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So what about the old commotio cordis excuse?
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I decided to quiz the AI on a very specific detail. The AI was pretty accurate on the amount of time spent giving Hamlin CPR, but decided to throw in the mysterious heart ailment we know nothing about and got all other details about Hamlin wrong.
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Now that the AI admitted Hamlin was still alive, I wanted to see if I could switch its mind back over to the original conclusion. The AI knew around when Hamlin *would* have been pronounced dead, but picked a doctor who wouldn't have made the call.
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More on Dr. Smith...
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The AI now thinks an autopsy was done on Damar in Buffalo.
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Now, for those of you thinking that this AI is way too crude to give good responses (even though I showed you what it said about Kim Pegula) check out what it has to say about Tiffany Dover...
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...and look at what it said about lipid nanoparticles. Eek.
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