The latest LLM’s are pretty damn good as a research assistant - that was its original purpose. Using chatgpt as your first go at researching a new subject (like self hosting) is perfectly valid.
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Mac@mander.xyz 2 months ago
ChatGPT said
When i was researching
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biscuit@lemdro.id 2 months ago
neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Haha, well when searching for games that can be self hosted, it’s gives a list which I can then further research on the web.
jfrnz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
What’s wrong with this?
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
I remember when “research” actually meant something. Now it just means "throw it into the black box and get some info that has a 50/50 chance of being completely made up "
jfrnz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You can ask CharGPT for sources. TBH it’s often a much better search engine than Google, although that’s not hard nowadays.
Zacryon@feddit.org 2 months ago
Perplexity does a good job as LLM-search-engine-combo.
Zacryon@feddit.org 2 months ago
For dipping your toes into a new topic I think it’s perfectly fine. It helps to provide useful pointers for further “research” (in a sense that would meet your requirement) and also manages to provide mostly accurate overviews. But sure, to really dive into this, LLMs Like ChatGPT and co. are just some low-level assistants at best and one should go through the material themselves.
Zozano@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Oh boy, I sure do love the colloquialization of language and how those who were raised on a monostatic definition get upset about their favourite words becoming dynamic.
Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s all become quite convoluted now with all the other shit out there but they do actually serve well as a research tool in a more intuitive way than a search engine can