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by lolinder 1461 days ago
But they can only be used to retrieve information that is already out there. This is still just using GPT-3 as a search engine, it's just a weird search engine that isn't made to purpose and most of the time produces nice-looking nonsense instead of valid data.
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It can also be used to retrieve deleted/delisted information. It's not like an search engine, more like an indexed database.
That's a different issue. And something that can be easier done by purpose-built non-GPT systems.
Nobody said it's easier or more optimal with GPT-3, the problem is that it's possible at all.