[buu700]

Exactly. ChatGPT is clearly very impressive and useful, but nothing from its output should be treated as valid or factual to any degree.

Information generated by humans will include things like transpositional errors, logical errors, popular misconceptions, and misinterpretations of data. Mistakes happen, but human mistakes are at least tethered to real thoughts/information.

On the other hand, AI will happily spin up a complete fabrication with zero basis in reality, give you as much detail as you ask for, and dress it all up in competent and authoritative-sounding prose. It will have all the style of a textbook answer, while the substance will be pure nonsense.

Still a great tool, but only with the caveat that you approach it with the mindset that it's actively set out to catch you off guard and deceive you.

[tasuki]

> AI will happily spin up a complete fabrication with zero basis in reality, give you as much detail as you ask for, and dress it all up in competent and authoritative-sounding prose.

Sure. What makes you think a human won't?

[buu700]

I didn't say a human wouldn't. I said a human wouldn't typically do it by mistake.