ChatGPT is dismissing it, but I’m not so sure.

  • @non_burglar@lemmy.world
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    09 days ago

    It is not a search box. It generates words we know are confidently wrong quite often.

    “Asking” gpt is like asking a magic 8 ball; it’s fun, but it has zero meaning.

    • @traches@sh.itjust.works
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      19 days ago

      Well that’s just blatantly false. They’re extremely useful for the initial stage of research when you’re not really sure where to begin or what to even look for. When you don’t know what you should read or even what the correct terminology is surrounding your problem. They’re “Language models”, which mean they’re halfway decent at working with language.

      They’re noisy, lying plaigarism machines that have created a whole pandora’s box full of problems and are being shoved in many places where they don’t belong. That doesn’t make them useless in all circumstances.