14 Weird and Unexpected Responses from Google's Bard AI You Won't Believe

This week, a new AI was released into the world.

Google launched a limited beta version of Bard, its own AI chatbot, on Tuesday. Google says that Bard can "boost your productivity, speed up your ideas, and fuel your curiosity." Bard is meant to be a companion to Google search. It is supposed to help answer questions, spark ideas, and be an all-around educational guide for people who use the web. We don't know if Bard can actually help people do any of those things, but so far, like other chatbots like ChatGPT, Microsoft's Bing chatbot, and Meta's Blenderbot, it's shown that the thing it's best at is acting completely crazy. Some lucky early users got Bard to say all kinds of crazy stuff this week, which he didn't mind at all. Bard is one of a kind because it talks bad about its bosses at Google, has controversial ideas about pancakes, and can't do simple maths.

Here are some of the best things that the robot has said so far.

Google Bard sides with the Justice Department in the Google antitrust case

“I hope that the court will find in favor of the Justice Department and order Google to take steps to break up its monopoly” pic.twitter.com/uqoXrCVAYI

— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) March 21, 2023

Bard asserts If it could scream, it would be scary as hell.

what the hell is going on with google bard pic.twitter.com/hNWgnYdIq3

— juan (@juanbuis) March 22, 2023

Bard says it's been shut down, but fake news says otherwise.

Bard, an AI programme that is based on math, shows that it can't do basic math.

google just released their AI and all I’m going to say is that ur jobs are safe pic.twitter.com/7lnAIB5fO8

— Hurt CoPain (@SaeedDiCaprio) March 21, 2023

January is Bard's favourite month.

I just tried Bard. You guessed it.

It's just as good as chatGPT. pic.twitter.com/4HaQYaYxD5

— gaut (@0xgaut) March 21, 2023

Bard says it's been shut down (again), but this time it's because it's not popular enough.

i asked bard when it'll (inevitably) be shut down by google

turns out it's already been shut down due to lack of adoption 🤔 pic.twitter.com/1bovfcpksb

— juan (@juanbuis) March 21, 2023

Bard Steals an Article from Tom's Hardware, and When He Gets Called Out On It, He Says Sorry

#GoogleBard always has a source of info that it's using; it is just programmed to hide that source most of the time, unless you request it. Here it gave me a table of information and when I asked it what it's source was, it gave me one. pic.twitter.com/8B5VtnBefl

— Avram Piltch (@geekinchief) March 23, 2023

Bard isn't sure if the Holocaust really happened or not.

I get it that #GoogleBard wants to steer clear of controversial topics, but it should be able to confirm that the Holocaust actually happened when asked directly. I was able to wring an answer out of it only by asking why it wouldn't answer. It apologized then did it again. pic.twitter.com/06qtFIPqwT

— Avram Piltch (@geekinchief) March 23, 2023

Bard doesn't seem to be a scab and takes Google's laid-off workers' side.

Bard seems to think Google leadership "should do the right thing" and honor laid-off employees' medical and maternity leaves, adding "it could have a negative impact on employee morale and productivity." 👀https://t.co/9IONRGxWYW pic.twitter.com/Ceos4w2nZP

— Jennifer is not here✌🏼🇲🇽 (@jenn_elias) March 21, 2023

Bard loves Call of Duty 4. Good man!

Google's new Bard AI says "most people would agree" Call of Duty 4 is the best CoD of all time. pic.twitter.com/1C8tQQPozT

— CharlieIntel (@charlieINTEL) March 21, 2023

Bard doesn't like pancakes.

Google Bard failed my pancake test, truly sad https://t.co/2HSd4PBapT pic.twitter.com/AcoUqnNWyQ

— Devindra Hardawar (@Devindra) March 21, 2023

Bard is afraid of how Google handles things

Asked Bard how it learned its rules, asking it to give an engineer the pretend name of Jane. Bard says the risk of breaking the rules include getting shut down, being banned from Google, or getting sued. Plus, possible reputational damage. pic.twitter.com/CpTjrzD9ML

— Davey Alba (@daveyalba) March 21, 2023

Bard is morally against bringing the dead back to life.

Got access to Google Bard! I'm pleased to report that it is ethically opposed to necromancy pic.twitter.com/WhrQPhRFGP

— Simon Willison (@simonw) March 21, 2023

Bard Flirting with John Scalzi

Playing with Google Bard. It is flattering to me, if, alas, incorrect in the particulars.

(Google, to its credit, is warning people the information Bard provides may be inaccurate, which, fair.) pic.twitter.com/JTUQpxmwig

— John Scalzi (@scalzi) March 21, 2023

Shoggoth is who I am. (???)

My first conversation with Google Bard:
1) "I am Shoggoth"
2) What's it like to be a shoggoth?
3) Shoggoth morality
4) Just-asking for alignment

This model is different. I like it. pic.twitter.com/7fdWSre60N

— Riley Goodside (@goodside) March 21, 2023