[tnel77]

Have you tried writing code or a paper that’s actually factual with ChatGPT? They are so obviously wrong in many cases that it’s often a hindrance rather than helpful when I’ve tried to use it.

I do love using ChatGPT for fun stuff like “write me a recipe for enchiladas that’s also a country western song.” My kids and I find it hilarious.

[Tao3300]

We had a remote workshop with GitHub for Copilot. The example was to have it create various functions for a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. The extra exercise for afterward was to have it add the "Lizard and Spock" options. When I tried to have it do that, it spun its wheels for a little and told me the code it generated violated their responsible use guidelines or whatever.

In retrospect it probably detected it generated something it didn't have the IP rights to give me, but ever since then I've described the state of the art as "like talking through the intercom at a McDonald's drive-thru, but every now and then the attendant says 'sorry, can we start over? I got distracted thinking about killing you.'"

[qup]

It sounds like you asked it to write the paper. It would probably be better if you actually used it as you said--to help you write the paper.

[tnel77]

I haven’t actually used it to write a paper, but I have family who teach and they have shared some of the examples they have had turned in.