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Re:When you lose the ability to write, you also lose some of... by al2o3cr on Thursday May 11, 2023 @01:29PM (#35905400)
How is #3 supposed to work when #2 applies?

Especially when folks are already out there LLM-generating SEO-spam, so even "well the answer also came up in a Google search" isn't a sign of accuracy.

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Re:When you lose the ability to write, you also lose some of... by vagab0nd on Thursday May 11, 2023 @01:46PM (#35905621)
Example: I want to buy some construction material that I've seen somewhere. I don't know what to search for since I don't know the term. Prior to LLM, the only way was to ask someone familiar with it, e.g. a plumber. Now I can ask GPT. And then I just do a quick image search to verify.

This doesn't always work, as some stuff is harder to verify. But what's valuable to me is it allows me to ask a vague question and have follow-ups. I usually learn just by having the conversation.

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