Post #2649132
2026-02-25 22:36 UTC
@oantolin@mathstodon.xyz It looks as if the initial Google-failure is in Google Books rather than in Google's AI as such; if you follow that link that says "Google Books" you do indeed find something that (1) purports to be called "Topics in Topology" (though it's a _different_ book with that title) and (2) is given that same obviously-very-wrong summary.
How _that_ happened, I have no inkling, of course.
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@svat@mathstodon.xyz 2026-02-25 23:47
@gjm@mathstodon.xyz @oantolin@mathstodon.xyz Ah right, the Google Books page https://www.google.com/books/edition/Topics_in_Topology/fzYZAQAAIAAJ?kptab=overview says “Source: Publisher” which is the same as what https://www.google.com/books/edition/Throw_a_Hungry_Loop/x1oVOQAACAAJ?hl=en says. The publishers are different though, so I think it's more likely the error is on Google Books's part rather than any publisher's.