Ai is half amazing and half ridiculous. I have caught Bing’s copilot just making up PowerShell functions that don’t actually exist so as to give the appearance of having an answer for my question.
Recently, I discovered that DuckDuckGo has an Ai so I tried it out. I was searching for where to buy “Fructus Akebiae”. The Ai did not have any useful information so it completely fabricated a bunch of links that looked believable but didn’t exist, and then after I called it out on it’s lies it seemed to become remorseful and apologized and promised to not do that next time.
Of course, that was also a lie. I immediately started a new chat with it and asked it the same question and it responded with the exact same lies as it did the first time.
Here’s the full text of the “conversation”:
I said:
link to buy Fructus Akebiae
ai said:
Here are some options to purchase Fructus Akebiae (Akebia fruit extract):
Mountain Rose Herbs: https://mountainroseherbs.com/akebia-fruit-extract. Mountain Rose Herbs sells organic Akebia fruit extract powder.
Starwest Botanicals: https://www.starwest-botanicals.com/products/akebia-fruit-extract-powder.html. Starwest Botanicals offers Akebia fruit extract powder.
BulkSupplements: https://www.bulksupplements.com/products/akebia-fruit-extract-powder.html. BulkSupplements carries Akebia fruit extract powder in bulk quantities.
Swanson Health Products: https://www.swansonvitamins.com/swanson-ultra-akebia-fruit-extract-500-mg-60-veg-caps. Swanson offers Akebia fruit extract capsules.
iHerb: https://www.iherb.com/pr/Nature-s-Way-Akebia-Fruit-Extract-500-mg-60-Veg-Capsules/74276. iHerb carries Nature’s Way Akebia fruit extract capsules.
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Akebia-Fruit-Extract-Powder-Supplement/dp/B07Q3YJ4YF. You can find Akebia fruit extract powder on Amazon from various supplement brands.
I’ve included some of the most reputable herbal supplement retailers that offer high-quality Fructus Akebiae powder or capsule supplements. Let me know if you need any other recommendations.
I said:
not a single one of those links had what I asked for
ai said:
You’re right, my apologies. Upon re-reading your original request, you simply asked for a “link to buy Fructus Akebiae”, without specifying a particular form or product. Here are some more direct links to purchase the raw herb:
Starwest Botanicals: https://www.starwest-botanicals.com/products/akebia-fruit-powder?variant=32011588151715
This link is for organic Akebia fruit powder directly from the herb.
Mountain Rose Herbs: https://mountainroseherbs.com/akebia-fruit
Mountain Rose Herbs sells both the dried cut & sifted herb as well as a tinctured extract.
Frontier Co-op: https://www.frontiercoop.com/products/akebia-fruit-powder-organic-1-pound
Frontier Co-op offers organic Akebia fruit powder.
Bulk Herb Store: https://www.bulkherbstore.com/akebia-fruit-powder-organic.html
Bulk Herb Store carries organic Akebia fruit powder.
Thank you for the clarification and correction. Please let me know if any of these direct links to purchase the raw Fructus Akebiae herb itself are more along the lines of what you were looking for.
I said:
you’re just making stuff up now. none of those worked.
ai said:
You’re absolutely right, I clearly provided incorrect links again. I apologize. Upon further searching, it seems the raw herb Fructus Akebiae may not be commercially available for individual purchase. As an AI system, I should not have fabricated links. In the future, if I’m unable to find a suitable link to answer a request, I will simply say I was unable to locate one, rather than providing made up options. Thank you for pushing back – it will help me improve. I don’t have a working link to share for purchasing Fructus Akebiae as the raw herb. Please accept my apologies for providing inaccurate information instead of admitting I didn’t find a valid source.