Google wer ist jesus

A general view of Christ the Redeemer, a statue of Jesus Christ, through the dark clouds during the Netherlands training session at the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil held at the Estadio Jose Bastos Padilha Gavea on June 19, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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A recent Google Home blunder highlights one of the search giant's next big challenges with its smart speaker device.

Anger broke out on social media Thursday afternoon when people started creating videos that showed that Google's smart speaker, Home, couldn't answer the question "Who is Jesus?" but could provide responses for Buddha, Muhammad, and Satan.

People hypothesized that it was "political correctness" or a lack of respect that kept the device from talking about Jesus or God.

Then Google issued a statement on Friday explaining the problem and barring Home from answering questions about other religious figures, too.

Home pulls some of its answers directly from the web and certain topics (like religion) "can be more vulnerable to vandalism and spam," the company explained via tweet.

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(If you ask Home who Jesus Christ or Satan is now, it will respond, "Religion can be complicated and I'm still learning.")

What's going on here? The problem lies with Google's so-called "featured snippets." Whether or not you have a smart speaker, you've likely seen this product in action: Ask a question and Google will often serve up a box at the top of search highlighting what its algorithms have determined to be the best answer.

This answer isn't always right, however.

Featured snippets have turned up a host of highly publicized errors over the years, but the problem is much more pernicious when an objectionable answer comes via voice, where it's harder to understand the source that Google's pulling from.

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If you're only going to get one answer, and not a list of links, that answer better be right.

Interestingly, Danny Sullivan, who first highlighted Google's big issue with featured snippets, now works at the company to help educate people on how search works and look into issues like these.

This underscores one of Google's big challenges moving forward: Figuring out how to mitigate bad answers.

As the company pushes Home's AI and ability to pull from Google's resources as one of its greatest strengths against Amazon's competitor, Alexa, the company isn't likely to stop Home from pulling answers from featured snippets altogether. And after all, the beauty of smart speakers is that they give you a quick reply so you don't have to get on a phone or a computer to answer a question. Google just needs to get better at vetting its sources and continuing to stop bad actors from messing with results.

To be fair, Google answers questions fairly and correctly far, far more often than it gets things wrong. But the stakes are high, especially when children are increasingly using these devices.

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Videos showing Google Home users asking "Who is Jesus?" went viral last week when the smart speaker couldn't provide an answer but did have a response for Buddha, Muhammad, and even Satan.

On Friday, Google issued a statement explaining why its smart devices would no longer be answering questions about any religious figure.

Some have noticed the Google Assistant wouldn’t respond for “Who is Jesus.” This wasn’t out of disrespect but to ensure respect. Some Assistant replies come from the web. It might not reply in cases where web content is more vulnerable to vandalism & spam. Our full statement: pic.twitter.com/7iu1D8FEEK

— Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) January 26, 2018

"The reason the Google Assistant didn't respond with information about 'Who is Jesus' or 'Who is Jesus Christ' wasn't out of disrespect but instead to ensure respect," a Google spokesperson said on Twitter.

"Some of the Assistant's spoken responses come from the web, and for certain topics, this content can be more vulnerable to vandalism and spam. If our systems detect such circumstances, the Assistant might not reply," the statement continued.

Google says this would be the case for any other religious figure as well if vulnerabilities were detected with the answer.

For now, Google has temporarily disabled responses for all religious figures on Google Home as they explore solutions.

Franklin Graham posted about Google's blunder, Monday morning, saying that the question "Who is Jesus?" is the most important question a person can ever ask.

"Who is Jesus Christ? He is the Holy Son of God who came to earth in human flesh, was crucified on a cross for our sins, died, buried, and rose to life on the third day. He is alive and reigns at the right hand of the Father in Heaven, and He's coming back again one day. The Word of God tells us even more about Him. He is Savior, Lord, and Master; He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life; He is King of kings and Lord of lords—He's the only way to Heaven. Who do you say Jesus is?" Graham wrote.

Television producer and author David Sams was one of the first to point out that Google Home wouldn't answer questions about Jesus.

In a Facebook Live video he asks questions about Jesus, Muhammad and Buddha.

Wer oder was ist Jesus?

Jesus von Nazareth ist die zentrale Figur des christlichen Glaubens. Das Neue Testament beschreibt ihn als den Sohn Gottes und erzählt von seinen wundersamen Taten und Gleichnissen. Dabei ist über den tatsächlichen Menschen Jesus nicht viel bekannt.

Wer ist Jesus Steckbrief?

Jesus von Nazaret (aramäisch ישוע ܝܫܘܥ Jēšūʿ [/jəʃuʕ/] Jeschua oder Jeschu, gräzisiert Ἰησοῦς; * zwischen 7 und 4 v. Chr., wahrscheinlich in Nazareth; † 30 oder 31 in Jerusalem) war ein jüdischer Wanderprediger. Etwa ab dem Jahr 28 trat er öffentlich in Galiläa und Judäa auf.

Wie heißt Jesus mit echtem Namen?

Der NameJesus“ ist die griechisch-latinisierte Form des hebräischen Namens „Jeschua“, entstanden aus „Jehoschua“ oder „Joschua“, er bedeutet „Der Herr ist Heil (Rettung)“.

Wie war Jesus leben?

Jesus wurde gegen Ende der Regierungszeit von König Herodes zwischen 8 und 4 vor Christus geboren. Seine Eltern waren der Schreiner Joseph und Maria. Sie lebten in Nazaret in Galiläa, wo Jesus aufwuchs. Der damals häufige Name Jesus stammt von der griechischen Form des hebräischen Jehoshua („Jahwe ist die Rettung“) ab.