People Break Google Search: AI and Drill Instructors

Is there such a thing as an “emotional support sergeant?” If you turn to the Internet for answers, you might be led astray.

I used my phone and the Google Voice Search (instead of typing) and here are screenshots of the results as of August 18, 2024. The date is important, because the results may have changed! I asked Google, “Why would a Drill Sergeant have a blue disk on his hat?” and this is the result: This is actually the second result, but ironically, it’s the largest on the page.

Results saying there are emotional support drill sergeants. This is false.

I cannot stress this enough: THESE RESULTS ARE ABSOLUTELY WRONG. It seems the entire military around the world (certainly across the United States) has gotten in on this joke. A blue ring on a drill instructor’s campaign cover has NOTHING to do with the above information. BELOW is the correct data:

AI saying that the blue ring is for infantry, but you have to open it to see the correct analysis

For your reference, this is one of the men we’re talking about: I guarantee you, he’s NOT AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT PERSON.

Drill Seargeant glaring at camera

Out of sheer amazement, I searched again, and these were the top results. You can see now that the first one is definitely wrong, but this second is correct.

Incorrect search results showing the emotional support DI in the first result, but the correct interpretation in the second

Have you ever seen Interent Search results that were wrong? It's highly unusual because information moves very quickly!