Lawyer cited 6 fake cases made up by ChatGPT; judge calls it “unprecedented”

Re:Lawyer cited 6 fake cases made up by ChatGPT; judge calls... by okasaki on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @06:33PM (#36131966)

It seems that you don't know what you don't know, really.

There's no way to definitively know what properties ChatGPT has. It does seem to reason to some extent and it does often say that some information isn't known/there's no data. And it almost obnoxiously often tells you that it's simplifying a complex and multifaceted situation.

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Re:Lawyer cited 6 fake cases made up by ChatGPT; judge calls... by roflyear on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @07:23PM (#36132520)

It doesn't know things. I promise.

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Re:Lawyer cited 6 fake cases made up by ChatGPT; judge calls... by gerdesj on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @07:34PM (#36132635)

Its a model that takes an input and spits out the most likely output given its training.

"There's no way to definitively know what properties ChatGPT has." - yes there is: ask it how the war in Ukraine is progressing or some other time based thing. It stops in 2021.

It is a really useful tool but it isn't sentient.

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Re:Lawyer cited 6 fake cases made up by ChatGPT; judge calls... by okasaki on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @05:31AM (#36136332)

I don't agree. It's like saying humans are just animated meat. You're massively simplifying the situation.

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Re:Lawyer cited 6 fake cases made up by ChatGPT; judge calls... by gerdesj on Thursday June 01, 2023 @08:10PM (#36159205)

I never mentioned humans or meat yet you decided to pop those words in my mouth (mmm tasty).

I merely tried to very quickly give a hint as to what ChatGPT is - it's a LLM and that is something that takes a (normally textual) input and outputs an expected best guess word for an answer and then does it repeatedly until the full answer is returned.

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