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june@lemmy.world 8 months agoFunny enough, GPT is where I’m going for searches like this now. Whenever my search query doesn’t pull the answer up with one or two clicks, I head to GPT and it finds the info for me.
kiwifoxtrot@lemmy.world 8 months ago
*makes up the info for you.
june@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I always have it provide sources and I vet them. Same as I do Wikipedia. And it hasn’t been wrong about a movie having a post credit scene or not yet, and now I don’t have to read through all those shitty-ass articles that bury the lead somewhere after providing a shit ‘review’ of the movie.
It’s a very solid tool when used correctly, and GPT4 is head and shoulders above 3.5.
kiwifoxtrot@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The same tool made up references to seemingly real legal cases that never existed.
june@lemmy.world 8 months ago
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Flax_vert@feddit.uk 8 months ago
I hate it when you google how to do basic things and have to scroll through an entire essay on what that thing is and why you might want to do it.
sosodev@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You have a brain right? If you ask it for low water pressure shaving tips I think it would be pretty easy to tell if it’s suggesting nonsense.
kiwifoxtrot@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The problem is that you’ll start trusting it based on a few examples that it was correct, and you’ll be burned by a seemingly correct answer that is really wrong. I tried testing it with simple science and engineering questions and it was garbage.
sosodev@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Interesting, I’ve had the total opposite experience. GPT-4 is reasonable more often than not. I don’t find the “it’s sometimes wrong” argument very compelling because the same is true for 99% of other information sources. I’ve always had to use critical thinking when look for answers online anyway.