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> That said, it's a bad idea to try to use the output of ANY LLM as a primary source in this kind of conversation. Distrust and verify! People used to say the

• paulryanrogers 3y ago
  People who said the web was untrustworthy were being reductive. IME late 90s high school, they taught us the Internet is like any source, you have to rely on data or at least expert sources and cite them.
  • wolverine876 3y ago
    > IME late 90s high school, they taught us the Internet is like any source, you have to rely on data or at least expert sources and cite them. Do you see people doing that now? I don't. People overwhelmingly believe, repeat, or just blithely fabricate nonsense - the latter really is amazing to see. In a recent HN thread someone confidently wrote a few paragraphs explaining some physiology. That sat up there for maybe a day, and it was easy to believe. Then a researcher in the field explained it, and the first person was very wrong (the researcher was very polite).
• hnfong 3y ago
  The important point IMHO isn't about being skeptical, but having the ability to verify the claims, or if not, at least having a good heuristic to detect bullshit (eg. by checking whether it contradicts with something you already know). Just being skeptical without some way to allow good information to flow through the filter makes one close-minded.