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Kevin Shay@kshay.com

This just isn’t what “recast” means but ok

Harsh but accurate

Kevin Shay@kshay.com

lol

I just wanted to know if I was too old to get a cushy fascism job, ended up researching glaciers

Kevin Shay@kshay.com

Curious about the specifics of DHS’s latest announcement, I turned to Google and… I guess I should have expected this

Kevin Shay@kshay.com

Hmm, AI Overview and I have somewhat different memories of this scene

Go ahead, define Wes Anderson without saying Wes Anderson. I’ll wait

Kevin Shay@kshay.com

…I guess

This is the sort of thing an actually useful AI would actually be useful for

Kevin Shay@kshay.com

Yep, I guess this statistic is just unknowable, thanks AI Overview

This is mostly accurate except it doesn’t get the pun but just swaps in the misspelled word. Plus it cites as a source the band that made this record:

Kevin Shay@kshay.com

About to make a dad joke, I googled to see just how unoriginal it was, and... no it isn’t. That isn’t true

I wish we were going to Candy Apple Planet

Kevin Shay@kshay.com

If you liked Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes… you’ll love Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Just retried this and got a totally different fabrication. In fact “Monday pop,” which I Googled after coming across it in a text from the 1800s, referred to the “Monday Popular Concerts” as was clear from the context (en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Dicti...)

Kevin Shay@kshay.com

See, I just don’t think this is true

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Kevin Shay@kshay.com

I’m curious about the relationship between President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Chief Justice Earl Warren, two well-known political figures. Let’s see what Google can tell us in response to a query for “fdr and earl warren” (without quotes)

3 Sept 2025

Kevin Shay@kshay.com

What if in fact I’m interested in a show literally titled “Killing It” and wondering if there will be a third season? (Spoiler: there will not.)

3 Nov 2025

Kevin Shay@kshay.com

Wanted to find out when to arrive at a certain location to watch the NYC Marathon. Let’s ask AI Overview! First attempt, looks pretty good, even breaks the info down into a handy table. Though it seems a bit suspect that the men will start at 9:05 and may arrive at 9:00. Maybe we should try again?

7 Jan

Kevin Shay@kshay.com

How do I break this gently to AI Overview

@jakethackrayfan.bsky.social

14 Apr

Here’s a subtle one: Jake Thackray does indeed have a song called “The Gravedigger” but it is not in fact a translation of Brassens’ “Le Fossoyeur”

Paul Thompson

15 Apr

As co-author of Thackray’s biography, it’s fascinating and worrying to see how much AI has got wrong here because it is regurgitating misinformation from the internet. It’s no substitute for real research. 🧐 Heaven help us if the world is becoming more reliant on AI.