Submitted by ayellowsky t3_z6jz1w in technology
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Narvarre t1_iy1ui4y wrote
yet, if you search of algae its calls it a plant
firefox_2010 t1_iy1wjmp wrote
You weren’t kidding about this lol, all plants are now algae until further notice.
McSmarfy t1_iy1xb2s wrote
I mean, reality is bullshit since Pluto stopped being a real planet.
EatsRats t1_iy21jnf wrote
Wait…dead ass is Pluto not a planet again? I thought the first Pluto-is-not-planet thing was reversed?
McSmarfy t1_iy223vs wrote
Dwarf planet the last I heard. But they already fucked up reality like changing the future while time travelling. Any attempts to fix it breaks it more.
Keydet t1_iy2h50c wrote
Every since that god damn weasel got in the hadron collider things have gone to shit.
dat_GEM_lyf t1_iy500vw wrote
Harambe was the tinder but the marten was the match
Sjatar t1_iy3aaxc wrote
Not sure where they would reverse it. The story is that if Pluto is defined as a planet the current definition of a planet has to be changed.
Specifically the line "A planet is any object in orbit around the Sun that is dominant in its immediate neighbourhood.". This happens due to big objects making small objects orbit unstable if they are close. Pluto does not do this and does not fill that criteria.
If this criteria was removed however there is a lot of additional bodies in orbit around the sun that would be planets, so it's Pluto and 200 additional planets, or Pluto as a dwarf planet.
ImpressivePainting64 t1_iy25wyy wrote
Look for film credits with Jim Carrey. It is now Paul giamatti
Alder_Godric t1_iy3eyrl wrote
Schwarzenegger vanished from his movies
no_buses t1_iy2d3v2 wrote
Sip_py t1_iy24mod wrote
This happened to me like 2-3 days ago for an evergreen and I was like huh, today I learned, just shrugging it off like I can't believe that's algae.
t3hlazy1 t1_iy20g3r wrote
You think you know better than Google?
Miguel-odon t1_iy3z0jt wrote
Wow, I saw this just last night, the first result identified it as a plant, but immediately below that it also called it an algae.
ilovecoelacanths t1_iyb204q wrote
I'm still having any plant I can think of be listed as an algae, so maybe it's not entirely fixed lol
Shootyy t1_iydfns0 wrote
Interesting it's still happening for me.
league_of_chad t1_iy1v5yt wrote
I wonder if disgruntled alphabet employees that got laid off recently have been doing this stuff? Like removing Arnold Schwarzenegger's credits from all his movies...
Tweenk t1_iy201p2 wrote
Structured data like movie casts, plant names, etc. comes from a system called "Knowledge Graph", it's possible that the process updating the data in this system is misbehaving.
nyaaaa t1_iy1w7d2 wrote
Everyone wants the sweet
> Fucks over employers. Don't employ.
In their resume.
league_of_chad t1_iy1wcak wrote
Lol I would imagine there are ways to mess with this stuff incognito
nyaaaa t1_iy1wiho wrote
Yea, just access google with your incognito login instead of your employee login.
Easy.
league_of_chad t1_iy1wo3r wrote
Lolll "Just access Google" yeah dude just access it I'm an idiot for getting in this conversation
nyaaaa t1_iy1x1bo wrote
Yea, just look at this guy
> Lol I would imagine there are ways to mess with this stuff incognito
blueg3 t1_iy1vlv2 wrote
What layoffs?
league_of_chad t1_iy1vsi6 wrote
Although I'm not sure anyone has actually been let go of yet my bad
bitbot t1_iy2ivxb wrote
Good news, Arnold is back again. At least on Terminator 2
OtisTetraxReigns t1_iy3qd89 wrote
My tinfoil is telling me it’s the PCC fucking with Google to try and obscure these protests.
unresolved_m t1_iy4ncd4 wrote
That's what it feels like to me. Someone deliberately messing with Google to give them a kick in the ass for being laid off.
emcgann1 t1_iy2014c wrote
Yeah, my first thought was that this has to be connected to that happened to Arnold too
NoodlePoodleMonkey t1_iy1xbgi wrote
is this related to the Jim Carrey thing?
True-Bandicoot3880 t1_iy1yguc wrote
What?
kerouac666 t1_iy1zmvs wrote
Something weird is going on with the google search algorithms. Searches returned Paul Giamatti in place of Carrey for a day or two, and I think Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn’t showing up at all for movies he was in for a day or so, and now this. Seems like there’s some tweaks going on that are changing up searches and people are speculating as to what it is or why.
t0m0hawk t1_iy289ap wrote
The AI is gaining sentience. The singularity is now. Judgment day is upon us.
Chen932000 t1_iy29rh1 wrote
Shit and they already got rid of Arnold.
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AbeLincolns_Ghost t1_iy3ps36 wrote
Or they already sent him back in time
Miguel-odon t1_iy3z4vd wrote
Or now they haven't sent him back yet.
RandyDandyHoe t1_iy2fsw0 wrote
breakin the world
unresolved_m t1_iy4m0xf wrote
Goes well with news about robots regulating the housing market.
teambob t1_iy268bc wrote
Google is going post-truth
chewieb t1_iy2axxb wrote
Perception is reality
NoodlePoodleMonkey t1_iy1z6cm wrote
allegedly, if you looked up Jim Carrey, his name was swapped with another actor, whose name escapes me right now. Paul something. and vice versa
True-Bandicoot3880 t1_iy1zc4t wrote
Arnold Schwarzenegger is gone from all his movies right now too.
t0m0hawk t1_iy28cjz wrote
The AI is trying to erase mentions of terminators.
Justment day is upon us.
NoodlePoodleMonkey t1_iy20c65 wrote
yes, that too. someone or some-several are messing about
stanleythemanley420 t1_iy2eaqi wrote
Weird if you google him then click view more for his movies it takes you to his sons movies right at the movie “warning” which is about deadly asteroids coming to earth….
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Marchello_E t1_iy1vn42 wrote
All fun and games until you have (in some future) a system in place that (for who knows what kind of health and safety reason) relies on this plant taxonomy AI.
marcus_lepricus t1_iy20ge4 wrote
Like a farming robot that sprays herbicides on everything identified as a weed?
nilogram t1_iy2413z wrote
Why would the taxonomy change? The system would depend on a public taxonomy that anyone can change? Doesn’t seem smart
Deadmist t1_iy3kf16 wrote
Because abusing google is way easier (read: cheaper) than building your own taxonomy database and system.
step21 t1_iy3s82u wrote
In this case not anyone can change, it just changes randomly or when google chooses. Not much better.
Marchello_E t1_iy8wdog wrote
- Nilogram: Why would the taxonomy change?
- Article: Google currently thinks all plants are algae.
Indeed. There's a growing trend of (software) dependency: pros and cons. Pro is usually cost savings, Con is the control part.
detpistons4l t1_iy21g45 wrote
What’s up with google lately? Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn’t in the cast of all his movies for a while. They changed it now tho. Now every plant is algae. Wonder what’s up
CantEvenUseThisThing t1_iy2c3rj wrote
Google has been on a downhill slide for a while. Unchecked SEO, ads, and Pinterest have turned into a nightmare to find anything first hand. But if you want a listicle churned out by some algorithm and posted on Pinterest Google has you covered.
silqii t1_iy3wxij wrote
I guess this is the way bing wins lol, not by outcompeting their competitor, but by their competitor self imploding their own product.
CantEvenUseThisThing t1_iy43y80 wrote
Very much it has. A few days ago I finally caved, downloaded Firefox for my phone, and set Bing as my preferred search engine.
The king is dead, long live the Bing.
unresolved_m t1_iy4n6al wrote
Hate to ruminate on good old days, but damn I want to go back to that time when Google wasn't the only game in town.
dangerbird2 t1_iy4pxh6 wrote
It's garbage unless you actually need to buy something, at which point AdSense can basically read your mind and find exactly what you're looking for :P
CantEvenUseThisThing t1_iy4q65m wrote
Maybe sometimes, but I find it just as often can't find the thing I want to buy either.
stargate-command t1_iy22jws wrote
They also had paul giamatti showing up instead of Jim Carrey…. They fixed that, but now Paul Giamatti doesn’t show up for his movies like Arnold was doing.
Someone is doing something weird
stanleythemanley420 t1_iy2ed6z wrote
Arnold still isn’t in his movies or at least something is still jacked.
detpistons4l t1_iy2ejsq wrote
Oh In terminator and terminator 2 he is for me. I’m on my phone maybe it’s different.
no_buses t1_iy22uzs wrote
I mean, that’s technically correct.
> … although it is tempting to think of algae as a kind of plant, it is really more accurate to think of land plants as a kind of alga.
flashgski t1_iy3r4a1 wrote
I know. All plants are algae, but not all algae are plants. This is Bio 101!
tintooth66 t1_iy1virx wrote
Pumpkin isn't. Everything else I tried is.
nyaaaa t1_iy1ww1z wrote
They missed carrots.
tintooth66 t1_iy1yk2c wrote
So, just orange things.
Edit: confirmed. An orange is a fruit but, an orange tree is algae.
mishka__ t1_iy205lo wrote
Blueberry shows up as algae. Haven’t found any other fruits though.
Lokitusaborg t1_iy22h9y wrote
Blackberry shows up as fruit
Sinister0 t1_iy24t6r wrote
Banana -> Fruit
Boysenberry -> Algae
epicmylife t1_iy2bvs6 wrote
Rhubarb shows up as vegetable. Broccoli shows up as algae.
varesa t1_iy2t51m wrote
In some non-English languages even pumpkin is
DieFlavourMouse t1_iy27g51 wrote
I tried "Pine" and was told that's algae. "Cyanobacteria" and "mushroom" come out correctly. "Algae" comes out as "plant".... I hope google publishes the RCA for this. I hope it's not Loab!
TheTomatoBoy9 t1_iy4rrii wrote
Oh Loab, you silly goose. 🤪
So quirky
BoredHobbes t1_iy23r0v wrote
seems like this keeps happening to google lately.... jim carey , arnold schwarzenegger
D-luxxxx t1_iy2brl9 wrote
The dead internet theory is gonna lose their shit with Google’s algorithm attempting to go sentient.
Hedgehogahog t1_iy2ffry wrote
More notable algae: Tulips Baobab trees Cinnamon trees (cinnamon by itself is a spice)
Feudamonia t1_iy2mbgh wrote
Google also thinks planaria are rodents
UponMidnightDreary t1_iy2vihz wrote
But flatworms, roundworms, and leeches are all “animals”. So weird.
moneyfleas t1_iy24x2y wrote
Wow this is still going on hah
MagicTheBurrito t1_iy28rnp wrote
Yeah. Someone is hacking or exploiting a loophole in google or however its phrased. Jim Carrey and Arnold Schwarzenegger have also been removed from the cast of movie they were in.
vmp10687 t1_iy2c6og wrote
Confirm. Still has that issue
Drooflandia t1_iy2p686 wrote
The hell is going on at Google? This is like the 5th weird post like this for different things I've seen today.
Hollow115 t1_iy3a89x wrote
Always has been
N3UROTOXINsRevenge t1_iy3ay3n wrote
Google is fuckin awful anymore.
Pogatog64 t1_iy2306f wrote
They’re technically not wrong… but yeah this should be fixed, lol
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K_Xanthe t1_iy2ck3b wrote
Lol I thought this was bullshit but it’s real! I tried Rose and Japanese oak and both are currently showing as algae.
JamesBond-007-- t1_iy2etar wrote
For some reason spruce is normal but anything else I look up comes up with algae.
Rezamavoir t1_iy2fsd0 wrote
It’s all lichen to me.
paulgnz t1_iy2gie9 wrote
Glitch in the matrix
Just-Blacksmith3769 t1_iy2glt8 wrote
Chrysanthemums are also algae. This is just…. neat.
homoclite t1_iy2wpjm wrote
Well, I’m not a data scientist so I can’t evaluate this.
cas47 t1_iy3w35f wrote
Ahahahah I was wondering about this! A few days ago I googled “sweet onion” for a recipe and was very confused by the result.
sumelar t1_iy4fpx0 wrote
Programmer must be a 40k fan.
k0nstantine t1_iy4p1il wrote
I'm still confused how this past week their algos was trying to replace searches for Jim Carrey with information about Paul Giamatti. How does that accidentally happen?
nekolalia t1_iybwjg9 wrote
It gets worse, right now if you google any mammal it comes up as "Fish"
Willinton06 t1_iy2fmpd wrote
Seems like they they let the algos leash a bit too loose and it’s going nuts lately
ayellowsky OP t1_iy1s6v4 wrote
Do a Google search for any plant, and the knowledge panel will say that it is "Algae" in the subtitle underneath the name of the plant.
https://i.imgur.com/H4pEMfE.png
Edit: This appears to be fixed as of 12 hours after making this post. I did report it to Google via the feedback button before making the post so more likely they saw it there than here. It was like this for at least a couple days. The chaos was fun while it lasted.