ChatGPT provides false information about people, and OpenAI can't correct it

Re:ChatGPT provides false information about people, and Open... by Kwpolska on Monday April 29, 2024 @06:07AM (#40196481)

It might be able to produce true data about very famous individuals, and it might refuse to provide information about unknown individuals. But if you ask about a YouTuber, or a smaller star/celebrity, it is more likely to produce a false statement. I asked about the birthday of Tom Scott (the YouTuber) three times and got three different dates (and none supported by a Google search).

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Re:ChatGPT provides false information about people, and Open... by r_c_a_d_t_s on Monday April 29, 2024 @08:09AM (#40197264)

Yes, I agree. That's what I was trying to say. It also "doubles down" when called out: I asked about the mathematician Richard Taylor and it responded with a paragraph that called him Sir Richard Lawrence Taylor, so I asked when he was knighted (he wasn't) and it said "The 2014 birthday honours list" which is wrong... probably because there was a Dr Richard Thomas Taylor awarded an MBE (not a knighthood) in that list.

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Re:ChatGPT provides false information about people, and Open... by Kwpolska on Monday April 29, 2024 @08:37AM (#40197503)

ChatGPT will confidently fabricate data out of thin air, it is less likely to admit it does not know something or is not sure. And that’s the primary problem with it: the statement is believable, but incorrect.

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