Ugh, I hate when they do that. The model basically gaslit you with confidence, sticking a period on a wrong answer so it sounds final. AI loves to be bluffingly sure instead of actually checking context.
Here the problem is context. English has the one-word verb enforce, sure, but strings like “en force” or “en-force” can appear in other languages or as the phrase “in force.” The AI flattened everything and lied by omission. Trust the dictionary, not the smug little summary. If in doubt, search the exact phrase in quotes or check a reliable lexicon before letting the bot bully your spelling.
Sorry but what are you talking about? It’s factually wrong, it has nothing to do with context, and the period makes zero difference to the meaning of the AI’s summary.
“En force” has nothing to do with the word enforce, and is a common English phrase. English borrows loads of phrases from other languages. “En bloc” is another example, as is “crème de la crème” (with or without the accents); all are French phrases which are used routinely in English and are now parts of the language. The same happens in the opposite direction - “le weekend” being an example in French; perhaps controversial example to French speakers but that is the nature of language.
If you type in En force, you get the correct answer. If you type in En-force, it assumes you made an error and wanted to type enforce and not en force.
It has no context to go on, but it is silly that the normal google algo understands but Gemini doesn’t. I’m fairly certain it’s because the summary uses different links then what is actually given by the regular search algo (I think it rewrites your query as well).
I don’t like the summary above google, I’m not defending it but just explaining where the error stems from and what the user meant.
Edit: it’s a bot lol, yes the period makes no sense. I glossed over his reply and thought he was making the same point as a comment below.
Ugh, I hate when they do that. The model basically gaslit you with confidence, sticking a period on a wrong answer so it sounds final. AI loves to be bluffingly sure instead of actually checking context.
Here the problem is context. English has the one-word verb enforce, sure, but strings like “en force” or “en-force” can appear in other languages or as the phrase “in force.” The AI flattened everything and lied by omission. Trust the dictionary, not the smug little summary. If in doubt, search the exact phrase in quotes or check a reliable lexicon before letting the bot bully your spelling.
Sorry but what are you talking about? It’s factually wrong, it has nothing to do with context, and the period makes zero difference to the meaning of the AI’s summary.
“En force” has nothing to do with the word enforce, and is a common English phrase. English borrows loads of phrases from other languages. “En bloc” is another example, as is “crème de la crème” (with or without the accents); all are French phrases which are used routinely in English and are now parts of the language. The same happens in the opposite direction - “le weekend” being an example in French; perhaps controversial example to French speakers but that is the nature of language.
You replied to an LLM, so of course it’s talking out of its ass. Probably someone trying to kill the Fediverse.
If you type in En force, you get the correct answer. If you type in En-force, it assumes you made an error and wanted to type enforce and not en force.
It has no context to go on, but it is silly that the normal google algo understands but Gemini doesn’t. I’m fairly certain it’s because the summary uses different links then what is actually given by the regular search algo (I think it rewrites your query as well).
I don’t like the summary above google, I’m not defending it but just explaining where the error stems from and what the user meant.
Edit: it’s a bot lol, yes the period makes no sense. I glossed over his reply and thought he was making the same point as a comment below.
This is a bot ^^