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Re:Don Knuth Plays with ChatGPT by gtirloni on Saturday May 20, 2023 @06:45PM (#36016342)
He did pass judgment though by implying GPT is not "authentic and trustworthy". That what got me thinking, not his desire to focus on other things (it's his time, he can do whatever he wants).
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Re:Don Knuth Plays with ChatGPT by grugagag on Saturday May 20, 2023 @11:00PM (#36017650)
I think he nailed it on that, chatGPT is not trustworthy. Not sure about authentic, halucinations could be authentic ideas in their own right
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Re:Don Knuth Plays with ChatGPT by ekidd on Monday May 22, 2023 @06:01PM (#36037255)
Knuth writes people checks for reporting bugs in his software or errors in his books, including at least one $327.68 check for a TeX bug. According to Wikipedia, he has written over $20,000 in checks. (Relatively few of these are ever cashed.)

Knuth's standard of "authentic and trustworthy" is set remarkably high.

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