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ChatGPT told me they are called “barbs”. Then using straight forward google search i could verify that indeed that is the name of the thing i was looking for.
by dfxm12 1y ago
ChatGPT told me they are called “barbs”. Then using straight forward google search i could verify that indeed that is the name of the thing i was looking for.
Why not just start with a straight forward Google search?
- shagie 1y agoIf you are not familiar with the term, it can be hard to search for it. Google doesn't give you the answer (unless you're reading the AI summaries - then it's a question of which one you trust more). Instead it provides links to https://www.scienceofbirds.com/blog/the-parts-of-a-feather-and-how-feathers-work https://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/2010/07/02/anatomy-parts-of-a-feather/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feather https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Feather-structure-a-feather-shaft-rachis-and-the-feather-vane-barbs-and-barbules_fig3_303095497 These then require an additional parsing of the text to see if it has what you are after. Arguably, one could read the Wiki article first and see if it has, but it's faster to ask ChatGPT and then verify - rather than search, scan, and parse.
- ramchip 1y agoIt gives you more effective search keywords. "Fibers in feathers" isn't too bad, but when it's quite vague like "that movie from the 70s where the guy drank whiskey and then there was a firefight and..." getting the name from the LLM makes it much faster to google.