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Re:Princeton ‘AI Snake Oil’ authors say GenAI hype has ‘spir... by Turskarama on Thursday August 24, 2023 @01:57AM (#37245496)
It depends on how important it is that I get a precisely correct answer. For a cocktail it's not a big deal if I get one that's slightly different, in other cases an incorrect answer might be catastrophic.
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Re:Princeton ‘AI Snake Oil’ authors say GenAI hype has ‘spir... by md_ on Thursday August 24, 2023 @03:08AM (#37245927)
Amusingly, Kevin Roose and Casey Newton made a ChatGPT-authored cocktail recipe on "Hard Fork" a while back: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/podcasts/hard-fork-ai-poi....

I think the review was basically, "I’ve had worse cocktails. I’ll be honest."

So...meh?

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Re:Princeton ‘AI Snake Oil’ authors say GenAI hype has ‘spir... by theonlybutlet on Thursday August 24, 2023 @03:10AM (#37245935)
Using bing chat, you always just check the source of its answer if it's crucial. Saves time searching.
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