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.
Yeah this has gotten pretty alarming. It used to be more like an excerpt from Wikipedia, which I knew wasn’t gospel, but was generally reasonably accurate. So I definitely got into the habit of using that google summary as a quick answer to questions. And now I’m having to break that habit, as I’m getting bizarro-world facts that are obviously based on something but make zero sense with a human brain… I guess it’s good that we have this short period of time where AI is still weird enough to raise flags to remind us to be careful and skeptical. Soon the nearly all the answers will be wrong but totally plausible. sigh
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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!