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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite GPT powered tool? by TeMPOraL on Monday May 15, 2023 @10:25AM (#35948680)
I think GP means people are being too perfectionist with GPT-4. Between things you're an expert on, and things you have no first clue about, there's also a vast space of things you understand to some degree - enough to let you apply intuition, common sense. In this space, you'll be able to spot rather quickly if GPT-4 is making things up, while still benefiting greatly from when it's being right.
Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite GPT powered tool? by historygurl on Monday May 15, 2023 @05:10PM (#35954530)
Indeed, plus what are you going to do otherwise? Google it. And how will you vet the pages Google returns? Intuition and common sense, and perhaps an appeal to authority.
Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite GPT powered tool? by TeMPOraL on Monday May 15, 2023 @06:21PM (#35955293)
Exactly this.

And LLMs are a new thing too, it takes some getting used to. I admit I almost got burned a couple times when, for a few moments, I bought the bullshit GPT tried to sell me. Much like with Googling experience of old (sadly made near-useless over the last decade, with Google changing the fundamental ideas behind what search queries are) - as you keep using LLMs, you develop an intuition about prompting them and interpreting results. You get a feel for what is probably bullshit, what needs to be double-checked, and what can be safely taken at face value.