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ChatGPT's Mushroom Advice Backfires

A two-panel meme mocking ChatGPT's unreliable advice. Top panel: A simply drawn user asks, 'HEY CHAT! IS THIS MUSHROOM EDIBLE?' next to a red mushroom; ChatGPT (green square with white spiral logo) responds, 'YES, IT IS TOTALLY FINE TO EAT THIS MUSHROOM'. Bottom panel: The user, now on a ventilator, exclaims, 'HEY CHAT! THIS MUSHROOM WAS POISONOUS. I’M DYING HERE!'; ChatGPT replies, 'YES, IT IS! DO YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT POISONOUS MUSHROOMS?'
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User
HEY CHAT! IS THIS MUSHROOM EDIBLE?
ChatGPT
YES, IT IS TOTALLY FINE TO EAT THIS MUSHROOM
User
HEY CHAT! THIS MUSHROOM WAS POISONOUS. I’M DYING HERE!
ChatGPT
YES, IT IS! DO YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT POISONOUS MUSHROOMS?

Overview

A two-panel meme mocking ChatGPT's unreliable advice. Top panel: A simply drawn user asks, 'HEY CHAT! IS THIS MUSHROOM EDIBLE?' next to a red mushroom; ChatGPT (green square with white spiral logo) responds, 'YES, IT IS TOTALLY FINE TO EAT THIS MUSHROOM'. Bottom panel: The user, now on a ventilator, exclaims, 'HEY CHAT! THIS MUSHROOM WAS POISONOUS. I’M DYING HERE!'; ChatGPT replies, 'YES, IT IS! DO YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT POISONOUS MUSHROOMS?'

Origin notes

Source: Reddit (subreddit unspecified), original title 'ChatGPT be like'. This meme is a user-created remix, likely made with digital drawing tools and image editing software, satirizing ChatGPT's tendency to provide confident but incorrect or unhelpful responses.

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