Comment on Starting out with Selfhosting
puck@lemmy.world 15 hours agoI should definitely play it relatively safe when it comes to this stuff. But I do think that, in lieu of formal training in networking, LLMs can be useful in the hands of someone who is cautious and responsible. I’m an adult with a full time job and other responsibilities, I don’t have the time or the inclination to take a course on networking. So, I’m strictly a hobbyist when it comes to this stuff, but I’m also not an idiot who thinks ChatGPT can magically solve any problems I throw at it.
poVoq@slrpnk.net 15 hours ago
The problem is that ChatGPT lies all the time. You are better off researching technical question the regular way, at least it is rare that people just make up false answers if they don’t know.
puck@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
This is very true to be fair, I’ve noticed it hallucinating multiple times. Critical thinking should be taught in schools, I feel like kids growing up with LLMs are taking way too much of it what they say at face-value. Interrogation and reflection is a must. For me, I use it as a shortcut to gain a base-level of knowledge, I only tinker when I’m sure I have the right information and won’t mess anything up.