"You Can’t Lick a Badger Twice": Google's AI Is Making Up Explanations for Nonexistent Folksy Sayings
Have you heard of the idiom "You Can’t Lick a Badger Twice?" We haven't, either — but Google's AI model seemingly has. A quick prompt for the "meaning" of the nonsensical, made-up phrase comes up with an elegant explanation and history of the fictional idiom. "The idiom 'you can't likc a badger twice' means you can't trick or deceive someone a second time after they've been tricked once," Google's AI Overview feature happily suggests. "It's a warning that if someone has already been deceived, they are unlikely to fall for the same trick again." Author Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios, who first noticed […]
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