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Re:ChatGPT can now see, hear, and speak – openai.com by steve_adams_86 on Monday September 25, 2023 @09:23AM (#37643362)
I just verify the information I need. I find it useful as a sort of search engine for solutions. Like, how could I use generators as hierarchical state machines? Are there other approaches that would work? What are some issues with these solutions? Etc. By the end I have enough information to begin searching the web for comparisons, other solutions, and so on.

The benefit is that I got a quick look at various solutions and quickly satisfied a curiosity, and decided if I’m interested in the concept or not. Without AI, I might just leave the idea alone or spend too much time figuring it out. Or perhaps never quite figure out the terms of what I’m trying to discover, as it’s good at connecting dots when you have an idea with some missing pieces.

I wouldn’t use it for a conversation about things as others are describing. I need a way to verify its output at any time. I find that idea bizarre. Just chatting with a hallucinating machine. Yet I still find it useful as a sort of “idea machine”.

Re:ChatGPT can now see, hear, and speak – openai.com by bamboozled on Monday September 25, 2023 @09:29AM (#37643468)
I think this is a fine use case though because you're doing your due diligence. The problems arise when you don't do this.

I think even if an AGI was created, and humans survived this event. I'd still have trouble trusting it.

The quote "trust but verify" is everything to me.