Re:The new Bing will happily give you citations for a pile o...
by panarky on Friday February 17, 2023 @12:32AM
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> it's terrible with facts
It's terrible with specific facts, and frequently hallucinates dates, math, book titles and citations to sources.
But it's awesome with ideas and concepts.
Today I spent an hour chatting about the competing ideologies, groups, motivations, objectives, and foreign allies and adversaries in Spain leading up to the 1936 coup and civil war.
I cross-checked many of its assertions, and it nailed some pretty esoteric stuff.
It's terrible with specific facts, and frequently hallucinates dates, math, book titles and citations to sources.
But it's awesome with ideas and concepts.
Today I spent an hour chatting about the competing ideologies, groups, motivations, objectives, and foreign allies and adversaries in Spain leading up to the 1936 coup and civil war.
I cross-checked many of its assertions, and it nailed some pretty esoteric stuff.