AI is Not

So when we won the trivia the other night, Craig said I should ask AI to write a quiz.  

So here's what I posed to ChatGPT:

"Please write a 10 question quiz about current events"

And here was its response... and my comments in blue:

Sure! Here's a 10-question quiz about recent current events:

Current Events Quiz

Which country recently hosted the 2024 Summer Olympics?
a) France
b) Japan
c) USA
d) Brazil
Actually a sensible question, with a correct answer

What major tech company announced a new AI-driven product called "Project Quantum" in July 2024?
a) Google
b) Microsoft
c) Apple
d) Amazon
hmm not really sure this is a thing

Which country won the 2024 FIFA Men's World Cup?
a) Brazil
b) Argentina
c) Germany
d) France
Given the last FIFA world cup was 2022 (Argentina won), and the next one is 2026, this is a bollux question

Who was recently appointed as the new Secretary-General of the United Nations?
a) António Guterres
b) Angela Merkel
c) Ban Ki-moon
d) Amina J. Mohammed
António Guterres is Secretary-General of the United Nations, but he's been there since 2017, I wouldn't exactly call that recent

What significant climate agreement was signed by over 100 countries in early 2024?
a) Paris Agreement 2.0
b) Kyoto Protocol II
c) Glasgow Climate Pact
d) Global Green Deal
The original Paris Agreement was in 2016. 2.0 doesn't seem to be a thing? The Kyoto Protocol was a thing, but not, it seems, Kyoto Protocol II. Glasgow Climate Pact was in 2021. Global Green Deal might actually be a thing but it was for Europe.  Someone more up on current events could confirm these I guess.

Which space agency successfully landed a rover on Mars in March 2024?
a) NASA
b) ESA
c) CNSA (China National Space Administration)
d) ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation)
Um, yeah noone.

Which social media platform implemented new strict regulations to combat misinformation in 2024?
a) Facebook
b) Twitter
c) TikTok
d) Instagram
eh, maybe Meta, hard to verify

In 2024, which country became the first to pass a law banning the sale of gasoline-powered cars by 2035?
a) Norway
b) Germany
c) Canada
d) Japan
Well it seems the EU did a couple of years ago, and even the ACT.  But this year?  Dunno

Which tech CEO stepped down from their position in June 2024, making headlines worldwide?
a) Sundar Pichai (Google)
b) Tim Cook (Apple)
c) Mark Zuckerberg (Meta)
d) Elon Musk (Tesla)
Yeah I don't think any of these have. I could be wrong.

What was the major breakthrough in medical science announced in April 2024 related to?
a) Cancer treatment
b) Alzheimer's disease
c) Diabetes management
d) Heart disease prevention
Could be anything. Or nothing.  More likely nothing.

Feel free to use or adapt these questions as needed!

Yeah so a pretty trash set of questions.  Some of them could be useful in terms of at least the *idea* for a question, but I certainly wouldn't be trusting any of it at face value.