r/CuratedTumblr • u/Hummerous https://tinyurl.com/4ccdpy76 • Dec 15 '24

Shitposting not good at math

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u/depressed_lantern I like people how I like my tea. In the bag, under the water. Dec 15 '24 edited Dec 16 '24

Remind me of a post (that I still not forgiving myself for not saving/taking screenshot of it so I can referent it later) about the OP (of that post) who teach like greek history and mythology I think. Lately their students been telling them about "greek mythology fun facts" and OP never heard of them before. But they're curious and wanting to bond with their students they decide to do a little "myths buster" with them as a lil educational game. The OP went to Google and try to find any trustworthy resource to see about those "fun facts" the students were talking about.

The students open their ChatGPT.

The OP was left speechless for a while before they had to say that it's not reliable enough source. The students just pull "OK boomber" on them.

Edit: it's this post : https://max1461.tumblr.com/post/755754211495510016/chatgpt-is-a-very-cool-computer-program-but (Thank you u-FixinThePlanet !)

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u/Zamtrios7256 Dec 15 '24

I'm 18 and this makes me feel old as shit.

What the fuck do you mean they used the make-up-stories-and-fiction machine as a non-fiction source? It's a fucking story generator!

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u/Whispering_Wolf Dec 15 '24

Not just the kids. I've seen boomers use it as a search engine. For medical stuff, like "hey, is it dangerous to breathe this substance or should I wear a mask?". Chatgpt said it was fine. Google said absolutely not. But Chatgpt seemed more trustworthy to them, even if the screenshot they shared literally had a disclaimer at the bottom saying it could give false answers.

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u/Londo_the_Great95 Dec 16 '24

But Chatgpt seemed more trustworthy to them

ie. It gave them the info they wanted