ChatGPT spin off from: What happens to the energy in destructive interference?

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The discussion centers on the limitations of ChatGPT in providing accurate factual information, with users expressing frustration over its tendency to generate incorrect or irrelevant responses. Specific examples include requests for details about university press books and OpenSCAD code, where the answers were either nonexistent or incorrect. Critics argue that while ChatGPT can produce creative content effectively, it struggles with factual accuracy, leading to concerns about its reliability for research purposes. Some participants acknowledge its speed and ability to generate coherent language but emphasize that this does not equate to true intelligence or factual correctness. The conversation highlights a growing tension between the capabilities of AI and the expectations of users seeking reliable information.
  • #61
pbuk said:
nobody is disputing that Chat GPT often produces answers that are correct.
Um ... that's precisely what they are doing. That's the only thing I've been arguing. That it doesn't "almost always give the wrong factual answer". Which was the original claim.

It's nothing to do with AI or thinking. It's a dispute about whether ChatGPT is almost always wrong.
 
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PeroK said:
Um ... that's precisely what they are doing. That's the only thing I've been arguing. That it doesn't "almost always give the wrong factual answer". Which was the original claim.
My specific claim is that it is unreliable for factual information. I don’t claim “almost always” wrong, I claim “often” wrong.
 
  • #63
The OP did claim that though.
Anachronist said:
Every time I ask ChatGPT something factual, I ask it something that I can check myself, and the answer is almost always factually incorrect.
 
  • #64
Borg said:
The OP did claim that though.
Yes. They did.
 
  • #65
Dale said:
Edit: actually the answer is still wrong, but not as wrong as before.

At least it isn't "not even wrong". :smile:
 
  • #66
This thread is sounding an awful lot like arguing about "How many fairies can dance on the head of a pin."
 

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