Google recently paid tribute Sonic the Hedgehog On Claimed that these were not caused by AI,
Official Google Play Their purpose was apparently to show Sonic “getting older and older”, which is logical since there are a lot of Sonic games on its Play Store.
However, the thread, which sporadically covers the blue creature’s evolution from 1991 to 2022, sparked a wave of corrections as it cited the wrong years and strange inaccuracies. Although the original post has been deleted, users are still commenting on the absurd post.
Google’s world-changing AI can’t create a coherent Sonic the Hedgehog thread pic.twitter.com/1rkwLjGltt
– Paul Tassi (@PaulTassi) 28 April 2024
In one example, a photo of Sonic from 2014 was mistaken for one from 1993 and the accompanying caption made no sense. As a result, the thread is now filled with community comments criticizing the social media account for numerous factual errors.
“2018 Sonic looks strangely like ’90s Sonic,” Google said. The image was actually a screenshot of the original 1991 game. While posting an image from the Sonic movie, Google claimed that it came from the 2020 film. However, keen viewers noticed that the frame came from the second Sonic the Hedgehog film due out in 2022.
Every post in this thread has a community note😠https://t.co/v9ENETAqMV pic.twitter.com/cmmzDihTqZ
– Community notes people are violating (@cnviolations) 29 April 2024
Fans also speculated whether AI was involved in creating the strange thread, especially when one of the images appeared to be poorly altered to remove background characters.
I’m sure the entire thread was created by AI, it’s not possible that a real person wrote this
– LM (@Raisins_r_sour) 29 April 2024
The final word on this whole debacle came from the official Sonic account itself, which responded to Google with a simple question: “What are you doing?”
What are you doing
– Sonic the Hedgehog (@sonic_hedgehog) 28 April 2024
Google claims Sonic posts were not AI
A Google representative told android police: “Our team got it wrong, and we are sorry for the errors.” However, the tech giant denied that the mistakes in the thread were the work of AI. The company also claimed that it was human error. AI is known to confuse contentSo it’s not surprising that users immediately claimed that it was written by a bot.
Some have suggested that it may be considered the most effective engagement bait ever devised, as the passionate Sonic community jumped to the games’ defense.
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