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Re:Tell HN: Copying and pasting from ChatGPT unsolicited sucks by gjadi on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @03:13AM (#33891903)
I'm probably in the minority, but I prefer C-f through a FAQ rather than writing with a chatbot, trying to explain what I'm looking for.

It probably doesn't help that most of the current chatbots suck like hell (ehlo bank & insurance).

Re:Tell HN: Copying and pasting from ChatGPT unsolicited sucks by robinsonb5 on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @03:32AM (#33892025)
I'm in the same minority - and for the same reason why I've always been skeptical of semantic and tag-based searching on computer filesystems - namely that it's much more difficult to know when you've completed an exhaustive search. Determining conclusively that the answer you need isn't there is the second best outcome to finding it immediately.
Re:Tell HN: Copying and pasting from ChatGPT unsolicited sucks by chrisbaker98 on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @03:56AM (#33892184)
You are in the minority - most people don't even know what your first sentence means. If I told my mum to "c-f" through an "FAQ" she wouldn't understand either term.
Re:Tell HN: Copying and pasting from ChatGPT unsolicited sucks by tome on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @05:35AM (#33892810)
Would she understand "log into OpenAI" and "chat to the ChatGPT bot"?
Re:Tell HN: Copying and pasting from ChatGPT unsolicited sucks by chrisbaker98 on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @05:58AM (#33892957)
She knows how to log in to websites and type, so yes.
Re:Tell HN: Copying and pasting from ChatGPT unsolicited sucks by tome on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @06:22AM (#33893130)
Does she know how to search through a webpage of frequently asked questions?
Re:Tell HN: Copying and pasting from ChatGPT unsolicited sucks by martin_a on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @07:50AM (#33893727)
Not OP, but I don't know how to do that on the iPad of my mother, being 500+ km away and not owning an iPad myself.

I think there's a time and place for chatbots. It's just not everywhere and all the time.

Re:Tell HN: Copying and pasting from ChatGPT unsolicited sucks by wnkrshm on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @05:52AM (#33892921)
Imagine future use like a multidimensional search, instead of direct text match you get text + context match.

Edit: I think the 'conversing' with the bot part will go away since people will become tired of holding a conversation to get what they want.

Re:Tell HN: Copying and pasting from ChatGPT unsolicited sucks by zhouyisu on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @06:01AM (#33892978)
Read your bible v.s. ask loki for explanation