GenK: Daily Learning & Quiz

As the title says, I really like this app. It’s a great idea, easy to use, and I’ve learned some interesting stuff from it. However, once I had been using it for a few weeks, I noticed a troubling pattern: it was hallucinating entire topics and occasionally giving me lessons that were utterly incoherent. For some reason, this seems to be a particularly heinous problem in the “Crime” category. Weird prompts I’ve been given include “The Murder of Steve Irwin,” “The Murder of John McCain,” and perhaps most jarringly of all, “The Guilty Conscience of Ad**f H**ler.” Whenever these prompts come up for me, the text of the lesson inevitably devolves into the app arguing with itself, saying things like “there is no evidence that this actually happened” or “present lesson to user in conversational, educational tone.” In each case, it clarified that Steve Irwin and John McCain, respectively, were not murdered; it also clarified that there’s no evidence H**ler felt any remorse. The most baffling one was when I got a lesson called “The Kidnapping of Edna K,” in which the app immediately acknowledged it had no idea of such an event ever occurring. It proceeded to create a five page lesson listing various criminal cases from various countries that could be related, before repeatedly determining that there was no “kidnapping of Edna K” that it could identify. A very user friendly app and great concept, but the content needs a lot of work. When the entire purpose of your product is to share knowledge, fake AI hallucinations are just about the worst thing you could have happen.

Hello!! I have this app a five star rating because not only has it helped me to read things I found interest in, it had helped a bit on my problem for scrolling on social media. Another great thing is that when I’m finished I can talk about or brag about the things I’ve learned to my family or friends 🥳

Read a 1-star review that questioned why not just scroll Wikipedia? Because I agonize over what to read or what to choose. And waste more time going down weird rabbit holes. And it’s overwhelming to wade through. I like this app because very interesting, cool content is immediately ready at my fingertips. I like the simple, cute design - pleasing to the eye. This app allows me to “zone out” in a more meaningful, less anxiety ridden way. Don’t feel like I am going down a mindless rabbit hole that feels gross to come out of. Been looking for a simple way to chill out and still do something cool. The content is AMAZING. Would absolutely love to work for you! Would be so fun to come up with bit sized, interesting content. Much rather spend my time learning than playing candy crush. Thank you for this app.