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This is such an overly cynical answer. I've used ChatGPT for recipe suggestions many times now, based on ingredients I have available, or what equipment I have

This is such an overly cynical answer. I've used ChatGPT for recipe suggestions many times now, based on ingredients I have available, or what equipment I have - and to make adjustments to the recipe and measurements. I can use natural language, specify flavor profiles or regions and it will suggest something great 99% of the time. Already 100% preferable experience than using Google and digging through links. It's value is already evident at this early stage - and it's only going to mature. I dont know if you're just being contrarian, but you cannot have "unconditional trust" in anything on the internet. If you're unconditionally trusting google search results you've got a bigger problem than ChatGPT.

carabiner 4y ago
I've used it for same use case and it works remarkably well. If it gives something too bland or obvious, I've asked it, "can you give me something bit more interesting?" and it adds a few more spices or cooking steps to add depth, exactly what I had in mind. This is a better response than most people. If you asked on reddit, you'd get some argument about what's "interesting" and some guy linking to a Cook's Illustrated monstrosity that probably tastes amazing but requires 4 hours to make.
BoorishBears 4y ago
It's alarming to read comments like the one you replied to because it shows how little thought people put into search results that are just as prone to bullshit. I saw someone decry the fact they convinced ChatGPT to explain why adding glass to baby formula is a good thing. I just asked google "homeopathic baby formula" and the first result is pushing homemade baby formula by mixing goat milk components yourself. https://mtcapra.com/homemade-baby-formula-recipe-the-closest-thing-to-breast-milk/ https://mtcapra.com/homemade-baby-formula-recipe-the-closest... Note that this isn't the same as buying goat milk based baby formula, they're telling people to go out and buy powdered goat milk and mix up their own formula, something that can have disastrous results: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/goats-milk-for-babies/ https://health.clevelandclinic.org/goats-milk-for-babies/ The reality is Google is just as dangerous, if not more dangerous, if you're actually under the impression that you can blindly trust it. ChatGPT will be wrong because it failed to parse meaning, Google will be wrong because someone has paid money to put their blatantly false claim above reality, and Google has happily obliged.
- bambax 4y ago
  Okay, but Google points you to some site that says something. You can evaluate what that site says, based on its content and other signals about its reputation, and ponder the information with other information from other sources. That's what searching is supposed to involve. ChatGPT provides answers in its own name, with confidence and often arrogance, and the air of authority that comes from a well articulated discourse, even if the underlying reasoning is completely absurd, stupid and dangerous. Big difference.
  - BoorishBears 4y ago
    It's a completely arbitrary difference you've imposed that someone would blindly follow ChatGPT, but not Google. The Google result is a site written "with confidence and often arrogance, and the air of authority that comes from a well articulated discourse". The article about making your own baby formula by buying goat lactose is incredibly stupid, nonsensically so. In fact you don't even have to visit the site, Google attempts to answer using the content from the site specifically so that it inherits their credibility (Google wants to be seen as answering your query, not the site) At the end of the day "You can evaluate what that site says, based on its content and other signals about its reputation, and ponder the information with other information from other sources" applies to ChatGPT and Google equally.
bamboozled 4y ago
I agree with parent, it gets a lot of stuff wrong, but it’s good enough to make you think it’s right.
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carabiner 4y ago

I've used it for same use case and it works remarkably well. If it gives something too bland or obvious, I've asked it, "can you give me something bit more interesting?" and it adds a few more spices or cooking steps to add depth, exactly what I had in mind. This is a better response than most people. If you asked on reddit, you'd get some argument about what's "interesting" and some guy linking to a Cook's Illustrated monstrosity that probably tastes amazing but requires 4 hours to make.

BoorishBears 4y ago

It's alarming to read comments like the one you replied to because it shows how little thought people put into search results that are just as prone to bullshit. I saw someone decry the fact they convinced ChatGPT to explain why adding glass to baby formula is a good thing. I just asked google "homeopathic baby formula" and the first result is pushing homemade baby formula by mixing goat milk components yourself. https://mtcapra.com/homemade-baby-formula-recipe-the-closest-thing-to-breast-milk/ https://mtcapra.com/homemade-baby-formula-recipe-the-closest... Note that this isn't the same as buying goat milk based baby formula, they're telling people to go out and buy powdered goat milk and mix up their own formula, something that can have disastrous results: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/goats-milk-for-babies/ https://health.clevelandclinic.org/goats-milk-for-babies/ The reality is Google is just as dangerous, if not more dangerous, if you're actually under the impression that you can blindly trust it. ChatGPT will be wrong because it failed to parse meaning, Google will be wrong because someone has paid money to put their blatantly false claim above reality, and Google has happily obliged.

bambax 4y ago
Okay, but Google points you to some site that says something. You can evaluate what that site says, based on its content and other signals about its reputation, and ponder the information with other information from other sources. That's what searching is supposed to involve. ChatGPT provides answers in its own name, with confidence and often arrogance, and the air of authority that comes from a well articulated discourse, even if the underlying reasoning is completely absurd, stupid and dangerous. Big difference.
- BoorishBears 4y ago
  It's a completely arbitrary difference you've imposed that someone would blindly follow ChatGPT, but not Google. The Google result is a site written "with confidence and often arrogance, and the air of authority that comes from a well articulated discourse". The article about making your own baby formula by buying goat lactose is incredibly stupid, nonsensically so. In fact you don't even have to visit the site, Google attempts to answer using the content from the site specifically so that it inherits their credibility (Google wants to be seen as answering your query, not the site) At the end of the day "You can evaluate what that site says, based on its content and other signals about its reputation, and ponder the information with other information from other sources" applies to ChatGPT and Google equally.

bamboozled 4y ago

I agree with parent, it gets a lot of stuff wrong, but it’s good enough to make you think it’s right.

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