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Re:Oops! We Automated Bullshit by latexr on Friday November 17, 2023 @10:12AM (#38304649)
> As long as everyone understands that, there's no problem.

But everyone doesn’t understand that, so there is a problem.

> I have yet to see anyone who treats its output as 100% fact

Yet they exist.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/08/nyregion/lawyer-chatgpt-s...

Re:Oops! We Automated Bullshit by garbanz0 on Friday November 17, 2023 @07:38PM (#38313120)
Everyone as in every human being on earth, or everyone as in most reasonable people? I'm not convinced at all. ChatGPT tells you it can lie before you can even ask it anything.
Re:Oops! We Automated Bullshit by latexr on Friday November 17, 2023 @09:14PM (#38314130)
> as in every human being on earth

Not every human being on Earth knows what ChatGPT is, so that’s a non-starter.

> or everyone as in most reasonable people

That qualifier is doing some heavy lifting. It’s so vague it can be used to excuse anything¹. Not only reasonable people (however we’re going to define that) have access to the tool.

> ChatGPT tells you it can lie before you can even ask it anything.

And what you learn fast by doing user support of any tech tool is that most users don’t read instructions even if it’s shoved in their faces. I personally know people that think ChatGPT is the source of truth, despite that disclaimer.

¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman