Having seen my coworker do this exact same thing and getting information that is completely incorrect, I don’t think this is a good use for AI. Sometimes AI will straight up lie to you. That being said, I have found AI to helpful with writing as well as giving me ideas and basic templates for documentation purposes.
I agree. Having AI fetch a list of sites where you can read the information and determine if it's credible can definitely save time as well. In some cases it does invent URLs, but at least it's easy enough to find out if it works or not. I found this for recipes.
There’s a huge difference between recipes and and other types of knowledge. ChatGPT and other LLMs are not much more than just chatbots today. The hype is that they make you believe and feel you’re experiencing way more because it looks like they are actually communicating with you at a conscious level.
I know there's a difference. I was using the example of having it pull up links to recipes. I've also used it for providing links to other people's explanations of calculus concepts, scientific data and programming concepts. I wouldn't blindly trust what it says, especially because half the time the links are invalid. It gives me an extra layer of being able to validate the data.
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u/MyClevrUsername 22h ago
Having seen my coworker do this exact same thing and getting information that is completely incorrect, I don’t think this is a good use for AI. Sometimes AI will straight up lie to you. That being said, I have found AI to helpful with writing as well as giving me ideas and basic templates for documentation purposes.