Pop music: A quiz. Can you beat AI? Bet you can.

Hello Everybody,

A little fun for the weekend, along with a business warning. If you know of somebody who uses AI to write their LinkedIn posts  – and of course, none of us would do such a thing, even if encouraged to do so by LinkedIn – perhaps advise them to be cautious.

At the bottom of this article is a pop music quiz you might enjoy. There are fifty questions to attempt, ranging from easy to fiendish.

Below the quiz are Perplexity’s answers to the same questions. AI has not been altogether accurate, as you will see. There are some correct answers and quite an array of incorrect ones, including some right answers that are not necessarily in the right position. However, unless you are Eric Morecambe this is not particularly helpful.

You will find you cannot rely on this impressive piece of kit’s knowledge of pop artists despite its confident delivery. Perplexity has (a) somewhat misunderstood the instructions and (b) given many incorrect answers (some of which are fabulous!).

The motto seems clear, “If you don’t know what you are talking about, don’t assume that AI does.”

There is no substitute – at least not yet – for knowledge, research and application.

 Enjoy the quiz and have a great weekend.

 Cx

Perplexity’s answers to the same quiz, given verbatim:

"Here are the answers to the music quiz based on the emojis provided:

 1-20

1.       Red Hot Chili Peppers

2.       White Stripes

3.       Green Day

4.       Black Eyed Peas

5.       Blur

6.       Salt-N-Pepa

7.       Cherry Ghost

8.       Spice Girls

9.       Bee Gees

10.  Scissor Sisters

11.  Guns N' Roses

12.  The Killers

13.  Kings of Leon

14.  Madness

15.  Coldplay

16.  Busted

17.  Steps

18.  50 Cent

19.  The Police

20.  Lady Gaga

21-40

21.  Hole

22.  Family Car (possibly The Cars or Stereophonics)

23.  Razorlight

24.  Radiohead

25.  Stone Roses

26.  Pink Floyd

27.  Eagles

28.  Pet Shop Boys

29.  Boots (Nancy Sinatra - "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'")

30.  Tinie Tempah (Tin + Fish = Tempah)

31.  The Monkees

32.  Meat Loaf

33.  Ash

34.  Ace of Spades (Motörhead)

35.  Village People

36.  Earth, Wind & Fire

37.  Black Flag

38.  Panic! At The Disco (explosion + party + buildings)

39.  Hot Lips (possibly Hot Chocolate or Kiss)

40.  India.Arie

41-50

41.  The Slippers (or Blue Suede Shoes)

42.  Umbrella Bow (Rihanna - "Umbrella")

43.  Ice Cube

44.  Black Celebration (Depeche Mode)

45.  Catfish and the Bottlemen

46.  Alien Ant Farm

47.  Imagine Dragons

48.  Top Hat (Fred Astaire or Toploader)

49.  WC Tiger Camp (possibly Tiger Army or Katy Perry - "Roar")

50.  Black Star (David Bowie)"