Still not ready for the Turing prize, and easy to out the million monkeys furiosyly typing behind the screen. How do I know? Because it suggested to move to a new house just because the wash machine is broken...
That's a misrepresentation of that conversation example.
Paraphrased:
Alice: My washing machine is broken...
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A: BTW, How many legs does a horse have and could it repair my washing machine?
LaMDA: Horses have four legs. How could they help?
A: you tell me
L: Well, they could certainly help you. It could help you move to a new house where you could install a new washing machine.
In this context this is a perfectly reasonable response. It's a bit silly, but it's also a silly question. The linked article shows LaMDA writing several stories, it's not crazy to read this conversation as an invitation to tell a story about a horse helping with a repair.
In fact if someone asked me how a horse could help me repair a washing machine and then pushed for an answer I could see myself making an answer along the same lines.
Still not ready for the Turing prize, and easy to out the million monkeys furiosyly typing behind the screen. How do I know? Because it suggested to move to a new house just because the wash machine is broken...