An interesting example of the problem of ‘intelligent’ systems built on the coorpus on online content (mostly drivle):
This WP article reports on the stupid health statistics that stupid RF Kennedy likes to put about: e.g. “When my uncle was president, 2 percent of American kids had chronic disease. Today, 66 percent have chronic disease.”
Quote from Article: “This is a favorite line of Kennedy’s — which he repeated while pitching his plan to phase out petroleum-based synthetic dyes from the nation’s food supply. In the interview with Watters, he spoke broadly, about all Americans. During his confirmation hearings in January, he used a similar talking point about children: “When my uncle was president, 2 percent of American kids had chronic disease. Today, 66 percent have chronic disease.
“He’s said it enough that the figures have started to creep into search results of AI models on chronic diseases in the 1960s. Presumably that’s because Kennedy is now a Cabinet secretary and apparently is considered a voice of authority.”
The article goes on to locate relevant stats from the 1960s – the period that RFK is referring to – and shows that his proposition is rubbish (in more ways than one).