I asked AI to give my wife’s name. I would like to apologize deeply to the hopelessly inaccurate people quoted in it | Martin Rowson

RRecently, the Rowsons accidentally invented a new game that everyone can play at home. I haven’t found a world-beating name for it yet, so for now let’s just call it “How damn stupid is AI?” The gameplay will vary from player to player depending on their circumstances – but essentially the rules remain the same. Ask the AI ​​a simple question about itself and see how wrong it gets it.

In my case, all you need to know is that while I have a fairly large online presence due to the nature of my job, my partner (we married in 1987) has carefully avoided having one at all. This means that if you Google “Martin Rowson’s wife” in pictures, you might get a picture of me next to our then 14-year-old daughter, or of me with my friend and fellow cartoonist Steven Appleby, who happens to be trans but has kept his first name.

It’s probably incredibly inconsiderate of me to say this, but I find it very funny. As a satirist, I’ve always been an idiot for anything…