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I just tried Perplexity and it's not very good. For example, ask it a question about a board game you play or how to write a modal in React that gives you a use
by eddsh1994 4y ago
I just tried Perplexity and it's not very good. For example, ask it a question about a board game you play or how to write a modal in React that gives you a users input and its responses are inaccurate at best. For Ukraines latest news it just told me to check out Al Jazeera.
- gs17 4y ago> For Ukraines latest news it just told me to check out Al Jazeera. I'd still put this above it hallucinating news, even if it's not exactly how they sell it. For me the query gave a decent result with a recent news story cited.
- eddsh1994 4y agoYou should see how it suggests you calculate the fourth side of a triangle!
- gs17 4y agoIt has an interesting idea on how to do that, but it does cite a real discussion about fourth sides of triangles: https://mathoverflow.net/questions/401456/the-4th-vertex-of-a-triangle https://mathoverflow.net/questions/401456/the-4th-vertex-of-... and the paper mentioned there does resemble its output for me.
- sliss 4y agoPerplexity's niche is simulating "what if I googled something and read the first page of results". I found it better than Google/ChatGPT/You.com for getting info on local events/venues where the answer is buried in comments on a no-name review site.
- csomar 4y agoPrompt: nearest city to bali that's not in indonesia Answer: The nearest city to Bali that is not in Indonesia is Sumbawa, located on the neighbouring island of Lombok[1]. Other cities near Bali include Ubud, Tabanan, Klungkung, Denpasar, Kuta, Singaraja and Karangasem in Indonesia[2], as well as cities near Negara in Bali such as Mataram and Praya[3]. Yeah, that AI is bad.