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Re:Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition) by masukomi on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @06:05PM (#34074106)
it will, very frequently, make up citations with real looking but completely bogus urls.

it is NOT a research tool. It is a creative text generation tool. It is not programmed to provide accurate data. It's programmed to provide accurate sounding text.

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Re:Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition) by O_H_E on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @01:50AM (#34077479)
Actually just today I asked if for the density of silicon nitrite and to cite a source. It cave a citation that seemed correct (reference book on materials) but with completely made up authors.
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