The incident raises questions about how much of internet culture will be absorbed into AI models, as they are often trained on large sections of the web. Crivello believes that as large language models (LLMs) improve, such errors will become less frequent. He also noted that it's now easier to patch these issues, citing an example of how a simple prompt addition resolved a problem with the AI's task completion.
Key takeaways:
- Flo Crivello, founder of Lindy, noticed an AI assistant from his company had sent a client a Rick Astley music video instead of a tutorial video, effectively 'Rickrolling' the client.
- Rickrolling is a popular internet prank that involves misleading someone into clicking a link that leads to Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" music video.
- Crivello explained that this happened because large language models like ChatGPT, which powers Lindy, are trained on large amounts of web data and try to predict the most likely next sequence of text.
- Crivello believes that as these AI models improve, such incidents will become less common, and it's also becoming easier to patch these issues.