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Re:A New Chat Bot Is a ‘Code Red’ for Google’s Search Business by drewcon on Friday December 23, 2022 @11:55PM (#34114112)
Why couldn’t it also offer citations then. That sounds ideal actually.
Re:A New Chat Bot Is a ‘Code Red’ for Google’s Search Business by pixl97 on Saturday December 24, 2022 @12:23AM (#34114249)
Are we sure the citations were not written by Chatgpt too?
Re:A New Chat Bot Is a ‘Code Red’ for Google’s Search Business by statheros on Saturday December 24, 2022 @12:37AM (#34114308)
>> Explain briefly what the Fourier Transform is. Provide sources with more information about the topic.

>> The Fourier transform is a mathematical technique that decomposes a function or signal into its constituent frequencies. It allows us to represent a function in terms of the frequencies that make it up, rather than in terms of its time or spatial behavior.

The Fourier transform has many applications in a variety of fields, including signal and image processing, engineering, and physics. It is a fundamental tool in the analysis of periodic phenomena and is widely used in the study of waves and oscillations.

For more information about the Fourier transform, you may find the following resources helpful:

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourier_transform

Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/differential-equations/lapl...

Wolfram MathWorld: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/FourierTransform.html

Problem solved.

Re:A New Chat Bot Is a ‘Code Red’ for Google’s Search Business by 6510 on Saturday December 24, 2022 @01:58AM (#34114688)
woah! No need for the "explain briefly" part but when I asked for 50 references it wanted money.
Re:A New Chat Bot Is a ‘Code Red’ for Google’s Search Business by oezi on Saturday December 24, 2022 @02:05AM (#34114712)
If you ask for an arxiv or pubmed link it also happily makes a link up. But the link just leads to a random paper.
Re:A New Chat Bot Is a ‘Code Red’ for Google’s Search Business by Engineering-MD on Saturday December 24, 2022 @08:35AM (#34116653)
No https for wolframalpha?
Re:A New Chat Bot Is a ‘Code Red’ for Google’s Search Business by owlninja on Saturday December 24, 2022 @12:51AM (#34114376)
I could be mistaken but I think another ChatGPT discussion on HN had people saying it would sometimes cite sources, and other times just make them up.
Re:A New Chat Bot Is a ‘Code Red’ for Google’s Search Business by numpad0 on Saturday December 24, 2022 @01:15AM (#34114486)
Because neural network frameworks still offer no implements to trace output back to training data, or for that matter, means to compile an AI without brute forcing through parameters, and also because ChatGPT is not interpreting reference materials in text forms but talking from its "memory".
Re:A New Chat Bot Is a ‘Code Red’ for Google’s Search Business by drusepth on Saturday December 24, 2022 @02:50AM (#34114892)
That sounds like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33910863 which was posted here on HN a few weeks ago. It's a ChatGPT-esque model that provides URLs for where it synthesized each individual sentence from, but also feels a lot more summary-heavy rather than strictly new text a la ChatGPT. The results leave quite a bit to be desired, but it's nice to know there are people working on exactly what you're suggesting. :)

OpenAI, specifically, has also been working on allowing GPT models to browse the internet and include citations with e.g. https://openai.com/blog/webgpt/