ChatGPT, Bard, GPT-4, and the like are often pitched as ways to retrieve information. The problem is they'll "retrieve" whatever you ask for, whether or not it exists. Tumblr user @indigofoxpaws sent me a few screenshots where they'd asked ChatGPT for an explanation of the nonexistent "Linoleum harvest" Tumblr meme,
      • orclev@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Ironically we’ve had a snowbonk for about a decade. One of our relatives gave us a couple of ceramic seals/walruses and we thought it would be funny to put one of them in our freezer, which is where its sat ever since. To be fair it’s quite a bit smaller than a loaf of bread, about the size of a couple muffins, so not sure it counts. Also I’m pretty sure the one we actually put in the freezer is a seal not a walrus. So it’s a snowbonk from wish.com.