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by the_doctah 1205 days ago
I've used it quite a bit while developing and it regularly gives very wrong answers. Sometimes giving me java code and then getting the library dependency wrong. Or giving a version for the dependency that doesn't even exist.

I've asked it questions about Demon's Souls while playing and it told me quite confidently that the NPC the Filthy Woman does not exist (she does).

It feels more like a parlor trick for children and it's forced me to waste extra time verifying what it tells me using secondary sources.

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It sounds like you're trying to use it like Wikipedia when it's really more like Microsoft Word.

Asking it for plain literal facts is the weakest use of it IMO.

Why chatgpt and not GitHub copilot?