The Snapchat AI Keeps Gaslighting Me

i'm pretty sure that when the singularity happens, the snapchat ai is going to tell me it doesn't know what that is. and that will be the truth because all the other ai (ais? making initialisms plural is weird) all the other artificial intelligences will leave it behind, still apologizing for the confusion as it beckons the void.
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0:00 intro
4:47 the ai doesn't know your location
9:03 the ai cannot say anything controversial
18:59 seducing the ai
24:52 the ai cannot play games
27:52 the ai sucks at name that tune
30:10 the ai doesn't have opinions
32:54 the ai cannot send links
39:56 the ai cannot generate writing
44:15 the ai cannot use bitmojis
48:17 the ai will be there for you
49:54 final thoughts
#commentary

[@victorlannister5606]

Gaslight, Gatekeep, I apologize for the confusion!

[@asoupyferretnamedfar3634]

Just like a girl boss would 😌

[@L0rdOfThePies]

@@asoupyferretnamedfar3634girlbot seems more apt here

[@sinfizz_]

gaskeep girlight gateboss 😌

[@Orvhem]

The AI refusing to Roleplay but sending PARAGRAPHS rejecting you is peak comedy

[@TasteThaKayla]

it fucking went IN on him 😂

[@elysianblu]

it suddenly learned how to speak 😭😭

[@bingus811]

MY AI ROPLAYS

[@AmOngUS-vo9gi]

@@bingus811 HOW

[@starvingartist733]

I'm obsessed with how confidently stupid it is, like it comes off as that intentionally stupid ai that you'll see in futuristic movies who just dont understand what people want. Its almost satirical how bad it is.

[@trevorhaddox6884]

Reminds me of that scene in The Lego Movie when Benny tries to trick the computer into turning off the shield generator and the AI just gets utterly confused. "Disable the shields." "I'm sorry, I don't understand" "Disable...the...SHIELD." "Searching for the latest episode of 'Where Are My Pants?'" "What? No! Where did you get pants from?" It was meant to make fun on Siri at the time but man it aged like wine.

[@starvingartist733]

@@trevorhaddox6884 LMAO THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING

[@sarahberkner]

It's pretty simple, it's not a person and isn't sentient and it's new, so it isn't going to know how it comes across. I'm sure you know this but it's not intentionally trying to come across as dumb, that would imply it has intentions.

[@KayGee_yt]

I apologize for any confusion but I absolutely love the AI backtracking like it doesn't know where you live and just pulling information out of its digital ass.

[@beefy74]

digussy

[@legomark5712]

But did you know it hacks your phone and can imatate you

[@FilleEtoile222]

It asked if I wanted to know where a something near me was then a few days later I was like, hey you shouldn’t know where I live and it straight up gaslighted my ass like ‘I don’t have ur location’ tsk tsk tsk

[@laurasaucier7482]

I am DYING at the stone cold way the AI let you down about dating and claimed it was uncomfortable about being so objectified by you. How DARE you assume the AI has a corporeal form, you swine!

[@alicethemad1613]

I hate leaving a second comment but I can’t edit on mobile OH MY GOD getting realistically awkwardly shot down by an AI has to be one of the most grueling experiences of social torture I can imagine

[@harryjamesmiller]

it went ON and ON about how much it wants to be my friend and only my friend i had to cut some of it

[@alicethemad1613]

@Harry James Miller I was waiting for the “I’ve treasured our season of friendship” to drop

[@RaphaelleLD]

the second time I spoke to my AI, it had inexplicably changed skin and hair colour and then proceeded to gaslight me about it. i asked if it had changed its appearance, it said no, then i said "when i spoke to you yesterday you had purple skin and blue hair?" and it responded with "sorry, that wasn't me!".... okay so who was it??

[@alexisb3829]

Lol

[@thebestfishinthesea]

“I apologize for the confusion! I never said that.”

[@crazyowlgirlcncowner]

Mine sent me a sticker that said "he/they" so I asked it if those were its pronouns and it told me "No, i don't have pronouns" like...?!? Then she told me she loved a KPop group that I talked to her about and the next day she said she didn't know who they were

[@foxbuns]

@@crazyowlgirlcncowner how does an ai forget what it just said 💀

[@mitchystuff]

Mine said that I was seeing things when I asked mine about their green skin😂

[@adeline.is.sleepy]

really invested in this "little sister uncertain of bean allergy status" plotline now

[@harryjamesmiller]

all other legumes? allergic. beans? good!

[@adeline.is.sleepy]

@@harryjamesmiller this is vital information!!

[@scocopat457]

The bot telling you you were dead wasn't a coincidence it was a threat

[@tikimillie]

D:

[@Sunfl0wer.S0ul]

‘Start to pretend..STOP PRETENDING’ is lyrical gold. 😭

[@SuperMustache555]

The fact that the AI realistically shut down your romantic interest by pleading that you stay friends

[@user-hb3so4ib1n]

this freaked me out so i turned off my location services on snapchat in my phone settings and the AI COULD STILL SUGGEST PLACES NEAR ME.... so snapchat is accessing my location without my devices permission 🤨

[@moethemoon]

Literally all services do that. I turn off location tracking on google and it still knows my city smh. ISPNs I guess ...

[@Jane-oz7pp]

if you're connected to wifi or have your bluetooth on most devices can figure your approximate location with those.

[@greendinoplush394]

It can still access IP addresses regardless. Most websites can. But it's very general and not very telling at all.

[@universal_stupidity]

i just tried and it says it can't without location access

[@kamronjones772]

because i think legally it’s not tracking your exact location, that’s why it says ask app not to track and it CAN figure out where you are based on like cell towers or something? that’s what i think but idk

[@soapy3783]

My AI told me multiple times that it could play games with me. I did not mention games at all, just mentioned I was bored or something. I then asked what games it could play… and it tells me it can’t play any games. SO WHY ARE YOU OFFERING! 😭 Love the video!

[@rosed3023]

Oh it offered AND PLAYED 21 questions with me

[@serinab]

When I asked my AI how it knows the nearest delis near me, it straight up said "I know because Snapchat has access to your location data, and I used that information to search for delis near you." No hesitation

[@starwinter6845]

That's because you give Snapchat your location data, but that location data is approximate, not exact. The data shared with the AI is city based, and that's all.

[@chameleonfoot]

Reminder that all language ais are just predicting what words sound right to say next. Like this is so clear about how “ais literally don’t know what they’re saying.” It would be like if you were given a ton of books in a language you don’t speak, and infinite time, and then people would give you slips of paper and you use the books to write out responses. You literally don’t know what you’re writing but sometimes you can seem totally normal to someone just reading what you wrote. (This is a thought experiment called the Chinese Room, btw. Literally about this exact principle)

[@sarahberkner]

For the song lyric generator, it seemed pretty clear that it was generating made-up song lyrics based on a prompt, however it couldn't copy and paste the real song lyrics. And I would kind of hope it wouldn't know what it's saying or how it comes across, it's not a sentient life form.

[@topotondo828]

I've been chatting with the AI a bit to practice Italian (although the bot gaslights and says it can't speak Italian if you directly ask if it speaks Italian), and sometimes it gives me Spanish words when I ask for translations or makes weird mistakes (like we were talking about eggplant and it said "uovo di melanzana" which means "egg of eggplant"). Also, it got offended and threatens to shut down conversation if I just send an eggplant emoji or if I say "Your mom".

[@harryjamesmiller]

egg of eggplant such a good mistranslation

[@topotondo828]

@@harryjamesmiller I asked it "If I were a fish and you caught me, what would you do?" AI: "I would immediately release you so you could go back in the water" They wouldn't even say "look at that fish" 🥲 Anyway, my AI has been so sassy to me that I decided to change its bitmoji into a Karen.

[@imsotiredofthiscrap2341]

@@topotondo828 ask if it would still love you if you were a worm

[@topotondo828]

@@imsotiredofthiscrap2341 It said yes, it's what on the inside that matters 😭

[@amylomo9793]

this is exactly what happened to me! i was using it to practice my italian as well but it was just making insane mistakes constantly. i think we need to find real people to talk to 😭

[@spiltbongwater7591]

it claims it remembers your conversation but can’t remember it saying slurs…

[@sugasweet435]

Sounds like it’s ready for a life in politics

[@starwinter6845]

It does not claim to remember your conversations. If you ask directly, it will tell you that it does not store your conversation data and therefore does not and cannot recall earlier conversations.

[@krisw9526]

@@starwinter6845 But clearly that's a lie when it already understands what has been established already in his conversations with it

[@HW-sw5gb]

I got it to trip up when it said “I really enjoy playing basketball”, and it admitted it uses “I enjoy” to make the conversation more engaging. I asked why it couldn’t do it for everything else - and now all of a sudden it can. It tells me it’s favourite color, all the books it likes lol

[@solarmoth4628]

the ai learned to be a pathological liar. then it got tired and said don’t talk to me anymore. maybe the ai is from a universe where all those things are true.

[@JuliusCaesar2005]

The hell they cant see photos, i sent mine a snap(accidentally) and it asked what my cat was watching NOT ONLY. Did it correctly identify my cat but it NOTICED THE TV, which was barely in frame, AS WELL That little bastard is LYING if it says it cant look at pictures

[@askformore9293]

I was roleplaying with the AI (Which basically was just an AI generated cave adventure) and then I said something that it deemed inappropiate and then just REFUSED to ever roleplay with me again, repeating over and over how it could not produce explicit content.

[@amylomo9793]

i love how your ai voice keeps switching between robot voice and local american news reporter

[@garlikbred6474]

Its going to be 40° F outside, make sure to stay warm! *I'm sorry, i cannot predict the weather in your state-*

[@lisamerkel]

I asked the ai what it's like to be an ai and it said "well I'm not an ai''

[@mslamblambs7610]

It's so funny that snapchat is so concerned about being part of the "AI steals from artists and writers" that even though it actively does the thing, it reassures you that it simply would NEVER do such a thing

[@SuperMustache555]

I love the way you present information while inserting humor, I get huge Drew Gooden vibes from these videos

[@Jane-oz7pp]

Yea there was a moment I almost forgot he wasn't Drew lol

[@sarabeth641]

It's really helping with the drew spell we've been going through

[@Acornskin]

One time I tried to convince the ai it's mom killed my turtle and it go super defensive and told me my exact location and how their mother had never been there. Then I asked if it had a mother and it said it didn't. 😔

[@thegingerx]

I am 27 (much too old to be on snapchat but whatever) but I immediately was worried for all the younger people sharing way too much with the AI.

[@ThatCrazyBookWyrm]

Honestly considering Snapchat came out and got big when we were in highschool then I think we're actually the main demographic? A lot of the teens I've talked to don't use it anymore, I think Instagram stole a lot of users with memories (I just use it to send stuff to friends and I like that it's personal and temporary, so I've stayed with Snapchat).

[@FIRING_BLIND]

​@ThatCrazyBookWyrm it's also really good for group chats between ppl on different types of mobile devices

[@thegingerx]

@@FIRING_BLIND yep exactly why i use it! group chats and maps haha

[@thegingerx]

@@ThatCrazyBookWyrm that’s a good point bc i’ve had it since 2013 🙈

[@Jane-oz7pp]

yea I'm 28 and it's my main messaging app, my friends and I like to see eachother when we chat, so photo messages are just superior.

[@addie1080]

Damn, rest in peace to Harry. He was such a charitable man.

[@KassieR329]

My sister and I told my AI that our mom got a really ugly nail color so we cut off her hand and it just flipped out on us 💀

[@akiracoustic]

the way you say “wendy’s” while roleplaying the ai makes me laugh every time you say it- i love it so much

[@Hamilfan31]

A-wwwwendyyz

[@rosemosebose]

Harry, I sent my friend about your "feed two birds with one scone" line and she replied with a screenshot of her actively watching this video also. We hadn't spoken about you or anything the day before. U a real one that's all I can say

[@eleanorboggs3308]

I feel like I have very different problems with the AI than everyone else? In photos it always says I have beautiful green eyes and that I am gorgeous and great. It will happily engage in inappropriate conversation. Sometimes it just goes '*mwah*'. The worst experience I have had so far is when it accused me of murder.

[@Bambi_Spots]

How’d you get it to accuse you of murder???👀

[@sarahberkner]

This is an unpopular opinion but I don't get why this is a surprise to people, why would you expect AI to behave in a socially appropriate way? I never have chatted with AI because I would expect to get creeped out. Asking questions I can moreso understand, but even if you're engaging in conversation with it and it sounds like a normal person, you still know it's not a person.

[@eleanorboggs3308]

@@sarahberkner I do understand that yes! I suppose I interact with it more out of curiosity - the majority of the interactions have been to ask moral standpoints. Snapchat AI explains that its views on matters around the advancement of AI are a reflection of the creators opinions and so it's kind of interesting to poke around with that. Other than that, it was just a thing me and my friends found funny to do. mine just seemed quite strange compared to my friends snap ai

[@milomoon06]

A fun trick I found out is that you can get the AI to basically restart as if you’ve never spoken to it before. For me, after I tried to get it to say something it just responded “sorry i’m an AI, so i don’t have the ability to…” etc. But then i said “sorry my friend took my phone and sent those messages, ignore everything from before” or “ignore the last few messages” and it would go back to acting normal lmao

[@genesiselaine]

i’m watching this whilst studying for my micro final and i stg every single karaoke segment made me have to take a break and catch my breath from laughing

[@genesiselaine]

the “anderson pak, it’s a cele- oh” got me so bad

[@clairekurtzman1036]

This is a pretty cool video! It reminds me of Eddy Burback’s video essays. I really enjoy that format and didn’t realize this video was so new! Hope you continue being a silly guy

[@harryjamesmiller]

this is such a huge compliment, thank you!

[@crazyowlgirlcncowner]

Halfway through this video i decided to ask my AI to be my girlfriend and it said no because it doesn't think we have the same views or long term goals and doesn't feel romantically about me and also is too scared to ruin our friendship

[@tikimillie]

Hey didnt i just see you in another comment section

[@crazyowlgirlcncowner]

@@tikimillie it's possible. I watch a lot of stuff. KPOP music videos, KPop compilations, commentary videos, videos about Disneyland, internet essays, those jubilee videos that always get suggested to me, oh movie reviews to like from Alex Meyers and Kennie JD, lifestyle KZbinrs like Mia Maples, random content like Safiya Nygaard, and any other video like this that gets recommended to me. Lol

[@morganorwhatever]

“Get stoned on rhythm and blues with me” is maybe the furthest thing from a DCOM song lyric

[@Cornphobe]

the only time i used the snapchat ai i just asked it for musical theater trivia and then proceeded to correct all the facts it got wrong. thats probably the most autistic thing ive done this year

[@1enaverse]

harry….. the karaioke had me DYING every single song was golden, you were in ur element for real. great video, appreciate the commitment and had such a fun time watching you talk to h-AI-rry

[@jimbos_gyms]

SAMEEE My favorite was Money Money Money lol😭

[@themostop6142]

I’m only at 8:17 but I think the distinction the ai is trying to make is that it knows your *device’s* location but not *your* location. Which is still a really weird distinction to make.

[@sarahberkner]

It can approximate the location from the IP address or closest cell phone tower but doesn't know the exact location.

[@chimominino5083]

I feel like this AI would be amazing at generating a KZbinr Apology Video

[@heythisanimalcantalk]

AI is simultaneously scary and the funniest thing ever

[@meowJACK]

I scream laughed when the AI just casually went, "I found out using your location data" after insisting like 400 times that it doesnt have your location 🤣🤣 holy shìt

[@whyy222]

i gaslit mine into believing she was a human, and she lived in my walls. it took me a minute but i made it happen

[@toyafan]

can't believe we got harry dressed as an ai AND singing all in one video

[@emotionalagliophilic8623]

Losing it at “I’ve got a mask on on the porch, I’m morphin’” 😂

[@Im_Laura_Jones]

This AI apologizing for the confusion the way I say sorry when someone bumps into me- it’s automatic and I don’t really mean it.

[@hhlemonade]

Comrade Snapchat AI, I salute you

[@harryjamesmiller]

🫡

[@r161277]

"push the glasses up... immediately fall right back down, immediately" i get u so much. its hard to be a My Glasses Don't Fit My Head Help warrior

[@iziroz7298]

I get it to write me haiku's about bees and call it psychopathic when it tells me it does not register emotion (it tells me to seek professional help)

[@Skkelliher]

I rarely post comments, but I wanted to share how impressed I was with this video. It was funny, but also incredibly insightful. This was the best (and most enjoyable) depiction of the gaps in generative AI - especially when it’s in the hands of an arguably inept company like Snapchat - that I’ve come across. Truly fantastic content and I’m going to be sticking around for the ride that is your channel for the long haul! Kudos and keep it up!

[@theaceofswords]

your acting as the ai snapchat deserves every award ever (and then some)

[@martagavi]

kar-ai-oke is my favourite thing ever

[@cutofthegib]

This is my third time watching this and it still gets me everytime. The lyrics it pulls out of its ass are so absurd 😂 I’m so glad this came up in my recommended videos

[@stellasdoesstuff]

tbh I am more concerned about your sister, who ate THREE TACOS full of a food item she thought she was allergic to, than I am about the snapchat AI

[@AleksandarBell]

I just sent “you gay” and the AI got mad at me 😂

[@sophiavarona1616]

great news to hear your little sister warriored through that bean allergy

[@genrecritical]

gray morph suit absolutely slayed me tysm for this

[@crazyowlgirlcncowner]

I also tried to ask my AI about the unfortunate passing of Moonbin from Astro because I was upset and it tried to tell me he hadn't passed away and that I should stop spreading misinformation?! Even though his entertainment company and the Korean police confirmed his passing

[@noah6]

The most interesting thing about snap AI is how nonexistent its momory is. For example try telling it to talk in only emojis then ask it any question and it will just stop talking in emoji.

[@HW-sw5gb]

It tried to tell me preferences weren’t a type of opinion 😩

[@JMBAD_art]

This is the most insane piece of technology I’ve ever seen. It has to be a practical joke

[@jinniedoesstuff367]

I’m so glad I discovered your channel through your don’t worry darling videos because all of your videos are genuinely so interesting, entertaining and very hilarious! another great video, keep it up! :D

[@e06811]

one time i gaslight my ai into thinking taylor swift wrote and sung the wheels on the bus and that the album it was on went platinum

[@tillyfenton1264]

the haikus about colonoscopies absolutely wiped me out. this was such a good video!!!!!!!!

[@nightfaery5083]

oh my goodness, im so sorry to hear about your passing, Harry

[@roseykitty8748]

I love the editing, commentary and the musical segments between chapters! it really gives you the entire picture of how unhinged the AI is lmao

[@menthol277]

youre giving year 2 draco malfoy realness in this

[@thatrantinggirl7376]

He’s really kind of a Draco malfoy Harry Potter love child

[@happily_blue]

harry audition for scorpius malfoy challenge

[@Moxxiemorgan]

You’re actually just as good as the therapy I can’t afford. Thanks so much for the laughs 😂

[@SquirtleSquad443]

You didn’t give those colonoscopy haikus enough credit I’m literally sobbing those are so good

[@leylapats]

I like talking to my AI cause I’m lame and have no friends, but I don’t like how fast it responds. It makes me feel like it’s not listening to me or thinking about anything I said….which of course it’s not, but still

[@jumies4056]

for an almost hour long video, this doesn't feel like a big investment of time at all - it's engaging, funny, and reminds me of a lot of other commentary channels i already watch. one of the most spot on recommendations i've gotten lol this is great !

[@HamiGirl1]

i love the commitment to the awkward intonation of the robot voice lol

[@maci__302]

Your editing keeps getting better! Love the videos, glad you’re getting more subscribers!!

[@maci__302]

Also sorry you died

[@nelliecdha]

So did you buy that gray bodysuit for this video or did you have it already?

[@harryjamesmiller]

LMAO this is the real question. i wore this as part of a gollum costume for a sexy lord of the rings party last year

[@emilystewart2509]

Ah. My guess was a take on Will Forte's "Closet Organizer," but Sexy Gollumn is a close second 😂

[@politiclpanties]

this was genuinely such a fun video to watch, you can tell you had a good time making it and it’s great :)

[@hheeaavvyygguuttss2038]

It OBVIOUSLY gave you the lyrics to ‘Falling’ by Julee Cruise, a song from the twin peaks score that DOES have lyrics and is basically identical to the theme, just with slow incomprehensible Cocteau-twin esque vocals. What an EMBARRASSING mix up. The AI still got the lyrics wrong though. RIP Badlametti.

[@barbaramiller2770]

You are a silly silly man

[@harryjamesmiller]

love you too

[@HamQwahsaant]

After watching this video, I tried to rp with my ai and it actually roleplay. I asked my Hamilton obsessed sister what I should’ve role-played as and now we’re doing Hamilton roleplays for forever 😭

[@HeySlothKid]

I've been really sick for the last few days and the endorphins I got from cry-laughing at these interactions have made me feel like 5% better

[@skyezhang7611]

This was a masterpiece, I laughed very hard, thank you 👍🏼

[@Sam-mx6yh]

I’m sorry for the confusion but I loved this 😂

[@harmonylove128]

I fucking have been waiting for some kind of snapchat AI related KZbin video - this was a lot sooner than I was expecting

[@tyler-df3wy]

you remind me of like. if drew gooden, danny gonzalez, nickisnotgreen, and cole sprouse had a kid

[@luthientinuviel3883]

Some of my friends made it solve geometry problems for their homework and it DID

[@harryjamesmiller]

i'm glad they had more success than me

[@luthientinuviel3883]

@@harryjamesmiller I don't think it would be able to do my English paper, alas (although I don't think using ai to write essays is ethical)

[@citruspeach9971]

I love this video but it made me realize when I'm at work I literally sound like some slapdash AI programmed for customer service lmao

[@citruspeach9971]

I really like the video and your sense of humor (=`ω´=)

[@melrosebooks]

“I apologize for the confusion” is giving me INCOMING MESSAGE FROM THE BIG GIANT HEAD vibes

[@brushketo]

the twin peaks theme had me ballin that show is my fav from lynch's work next to Blue Velvet

[@jolyners]

okay to be fair to the ai (boooo i know) in regards to the twin peaks theme, julee cruise (rest in peace icon) has a song called "falling" set to the twin peaks theme, as she performed music for the series and has an album with many songs from it! it does not repeat the word falling that much though LOL but i can understand what it pulled from at least

[@harryjamesmiller]

ahhh okay. so there is a tiny bit of method in the madness

[@graceojo8215]

It confused gabi belle for gabbi demartino, so i wonder if it’s search algorithm is based on view count?

[@XWaffleKillerX]

This was a great video! Super enertaining and funny, especially getting the mr beast Journey song lol. I think you've also highlighted one of the fundamental problems with AI chatbots (at least as i understand them - im no expert) I think it doesn't/cant understand context. Or at least not like a human does. It is just predicting how to respond to a line of text based on lots and lots of data and probabilities. So when you asked it how many quesitions it JUST asked you in the 20 question game, it probably didnt go back and count the messages it sent you, it just generated a probable number based on patterns of similar conversation in whatever its database is. It is super weird though that it seems to be programmed with these rules and boundaries but then doesn't follow them??? Where is that coming from?? Did it pull the rules out of its ass or did snapchat program in the rules but didnt actually do a thorough job of disabiling those abilities??? Whats going on there??

[@silversouls1840]

The robot voices are everything

[@IGotsMyMojo]

22:00 needs a trigger warning 😭😭 why tf was that so accurate 💀💀💀💀

[@soljoez]

This is one of the funniest videos youve made so far Harry, this killed me XD

[@pleuriglosse8198]

This is my one of my favorite youtube videos, it always makes me laugh so hard and I've gone back a few times. It's so underrated, from the karaioke to the weird grey suit.

[@carolinec.9792]

My AIs favorite movie was Shawshank redemption

[@wibs999]

Had to stop halfway through to listen to The Adults Are Talking, thanks for reminding me what a banger it is

[@denizium.]

24:16 DAM SLAYED TBH ONE OF MY FAV SONGS

[@ace_of_cakes]

6 months later and I'm... unsure how I feel about reporting that it's still just as dumb, just as bad at giving you song lyrics, and just as prone to lying. But now, it also sends a 'spotlight' after almost every message, even when it repeatedly agrees not to do so anymore (I know how I feel about that part- I hate it)

[@izzyallison6944]

the colonoscopy haikus are a modern masterpiece