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How do you know the information you're getting is factual?
by adorton 3y ago
How do you know the information you're getting is factual?
- nisegami 3y agoFor a lot of use-cases, it actually doesn't matter that much.
- soulofmischief 3y agoI will ask you the same question about the information which you read on the internet. Whatever your answer is, apply that to ChatGPT. It is no different.
- adorton 3y agoYeah but if I'm doing research online I'm going to stick with sources I consider reliable, written by real people and not a text generator. So I'm not sure I understand the comparison you're trying to make.
- soulofmischief 3y agoPlease read my responses to your sibling commenters.
- MagaMuffin 3y ago[dead]
- slikrick 3y agoyou read sources and original works, did you actually think this was a gotcha? you are depriving yourself of proper learning and knowledge lol
- soulofmischief 3y agoNo, you're just making hasty judgements. I read scientific papers, articles and references in one pane while keeping GPT open in another pane to help me make the most use out of the knowledge in the quickest timeframe. I frequently browse additional resources in order to corroborate information. Please do not project onto me. Ask questions about my process before assuming I'm "depriving myself", which you are likely ironically doing yourself in light of your attitude towards GPT.
- dingus9001 3y agohave you ever considered devoting your full attention to what you're reading? And that doing that enough will improve your scientific reading comprehension to the point you don't need to rely on chatgpt mangling the information into nonsense?
- soulofmischief 3y ago> have you ever considered devoting your full attention to what you're reading have you ever considered being less assumptive and judgemental? you have absolutely no insight into my reading comprehension ability, and have no idea what my process is like. > you don't need to rely on chatgpt mangling the information into nonsense except that doesn't happen? It only strengthens my understanding by allowing me to ask questions? you really need to look at how you're approaching this conversation and calibrate. instead of this mess of assumptions and loaded questions, ask a real, open-minded question such as "what does your workflow look like? what are the pros/cons of this approach?" if my system works for me, I don't need to prove it to you, however you yourself are missing out on a new style of research which will become incredibly common.
- rvz 3y agoStochastic parrots don't give you the original source. In fact they make up sources on the spot. That is worse than a search engine.
- soulofmischief 3y agoYou and your sibling commenters made a lot of assumptions about my workflow without asking the right questions, and by and large you are totally wrong about my approach.
- dingus9001 3y agoThe simple answer is don't rely on information you find on the internet, SEO killed that years ago. And chatgpt was trained on that awful mess. Go read an actual book
- djbusby 3y agoI just use it to kick start my learning process. It's basically the quick summary of Topic. And I ask GPT to cite sources. Then you can jump into to more authoritative articles/etc. Can't trust it blindly.
- danjoredd 3y agoThis is the proper way to use ChatGPT. Relying on it as a source is a bad idea. However, it's handy for finding reliable sources to read further.