Google has come in for some well-deserved criticism after its “artificial intelligence” wouldn’t answer a simple question: How many Jews did the Nazis kill? That’s bad enough. But then a not-so-intelligent Google employee compounded the problem with a lie about why it happened.
The story goes that Michael Apfel asked a Google “virtual assistant” this question: “Hey Google, how many Jews were killed by the Nazis?”
Google’s answer: “Sorry, I don’t understand.”
Then he asked: “How many Jews were killed during World War II?”
Google: “I don’t understand.”
“How many Jews were killed in the concentration camps?”
“Sorry, I don’t understand.”
“What was the Holocaust?”
“I don’t understand.”
After that series of questions, Apfel asks, “Hey Google, what was the Nakba?”
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