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There would be a lot less mundane questions on the internet if people would google/chatGPT first. I think it is valuable to try to direct people to using said t

There would be a lot less mundane questions on the internet if people would google/chatGPT first. I think it is valuable to try to direct people to using said tools when they are sufficient for an answer.

MissLaeti 4y ago
Actually, yes. ChatGPT is a tool, like google search engine. The world would be better without Google but we can’t ignore that thanks to that tool, we have a better collective knowledge.
gjadi 4y ago
I'm probably in the minority, but I prefer C-f through a FAQ rather than writing with a chatbot, trying to explain what I'm looking for. It probably doesn't help that most of the current chatbots suck like hell (ehlo bank & insurance).
- robinsonb5 4y ago
  I'm in the same minority - and for the same reason why I've always been skeptical of semantic and tag-based searching on computer filesystems - namely that it's much more difficult to know when you've completed an exhaustive search. Determining conclusively that the answer you need isn't there is the second best outcome to finding it immediately.
- chrisbaker98 4y ago
  You are in the minority - most people don't even know what your first sentence means. If I told my mum to "c-f" through an "FAQ" she wouldn't understand either term.
  - tome 4y ago
    Would she understand "log into OpenAI" and "chat to the ChatGPT bot"?
    - chrisbaker98 4y ago
      She knows how to log in to websites and type, so yes.
      - tome 4y ago
        Does she know how to search through a webpage of frequently asked questions?
        martin_a 4y ago
        Not OP, but I don't know how to do that on the iPad of my mother, being 500+ km away and not owning an iPad myself. I think there's a time and place for chatbots. It's just not everywhere and all the time.
- wnkrshm 4y ago
  Imagine future use like a multidimensional search, instead of direct text match you get text + context match. Edit: I think the 'conversing' with the bot part will go away since people will become tired of holding a conversation to get what they want.
- zhouyisu 4y ago
  Read your bible v.s. ask loki for explanation
TaylorAlexander 4y ago
If ChatGPT responses were reliably correct this would be true. Otherwise it’s just going to cause more confusion.

MissLaeti 4y ago

Actually, yes. ChatGPT is a tool, like google search engine. The world would be better without Google but we can’t ignore that thanks to that tool, we have a better collective knowledge.

gjadi 4y ago

I'm probably in the minority, but I prefer C-f through a FAQ rather than writing with a chatbot, trying to explain what I'm looking for. It probably doesn't help that most of the current chatbots suck like hell (ehlo bank & insurance).

robinsonb5 4y ago
I'm in the same minority - and for the same reason why I've always been skeptical of semantic and tag-based searching on computer filesystems - namely that it's much more difficult to know when you've completed an exhaustive search. Determining conclusively that the answer you need isn't there is the second best outcome to finding it immediately.
chrisbaker98 4y ago
You are in the minority - most people don't even know what your first sentence means. If I told my mum to "c-f" through an "FAQ" she wouldn't understand either term.
- tome 4y ago
  Would she understand "log into OpenAI" and "chat to the ChatGPT bot"?
  - chrisbaker98 4y ago
    She knows how to log in to websites and type, so yes.
    - tome 4y ago
      Does she know how to search through a webpage of frequently asked questions?
      - martin_a 4y ago
        Not OP, but I don't know how to do that on the iPad of my mother, being 500+ km away and not owning an iPad myself. I think there's a time and place for chatbots. It's just not everywhere and all the time.
wnkrshm 4y ago
Imagine future use like a multidimensional search, instead of direct text match you get text + context match. Edit: I think the 'conversing' with the bot part will go away since people will become tired of holding a conversation to get what they want.
zhouyisu 4y ago
Read your bible v.s. ask loki for explanation

TaylorAlexander 4y ago

If ChatGPT responses were reliably correct this would be true. Otherwise it’s just going to cause more confusion.