• Beryl@jlai.lu
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    11 days ago

    At least your mom has metacognition : she knows what she does and doesn’t know and would probably tell you when she doesn’t have relevant knowledge instead of making something up.

  • Djehngo@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    I love when someone posts an AI response to support their argument, then someone else asks for the prompt and it shows that the asker must have had to go through a dozen iterations of prompt to get the answer they want

  • 1yjgjmmt5988@sh.itjust.works
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    10 days ago

    The intrinsic knowledge of LLMs is very unreliable, I agree. But combined with f.e. web-search or hand picked context, they perform rather well. You can see the actual sources it read in the MCP tool call depending on the tool you use. (For me usually Kagi Assistant or Zed editor with Kagi MCP)

    For me it is a great help to be able to search the web for relevant sources about public administration in a foreign language and still get summaries in the original query language.

    Skimming a large amount of potential sources is also really practical.

  • Perspectivist@feddit.uk
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    11 days ago

    There’s nothing wrong with asking chatGPT and you should mention it as the source for your information. It’s far better than the alternative where people omit this information because of online bullies.

    • SleepyHarry@sh.itjust.works
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      11 days ago

      When ChatGPT can and does hallucinate information it disqualifies itself as a reliable source. Citing it as a source is exactly the same level as “my mate Keith said”, even if it’s more reliable on average than Keith.

      • Perspectivist@feddit.uk
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        11 days ago

        Nobody claimed it was a reliable source. However, the fact is that people use it to answer questions anyway - and in cases like this, I think it’s good to let people know where you got the info so they can take it with a grain of salt. The same applies to your friend Kevin, who’s just as likely to confidently spread false info as the truth.

        I don’t think that shaming people for using chatGPT is useful. They’re not going to stop using it - they’ll just not tell about it then which is worse.

  • twinnie@feddit.uk
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    11 days ago

    I honestly don’t know why you guys love shitting on AI so much. I flew into Munich, where I’d never been before, and had to hurry to a pub in the middle of town. ChatGPT managed to tell me exactly what train to go for, how to get to the platform in the airport, and even what the signs that I should be following looked like. It was literally like having local knowledge.