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by anon373839 462 days ago
Except that OpenAI is very much trying to establish their products as being worthy of credence, disclaimers notwithstanding.
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Both the disclaimers and the scientific literature say the same thing.

Just because you want to ignore it doesn't mean it doesn't exist

My point is a little different. OpenAI is pushing its ChatGPT product as a solution to real-world problems that the company knows it cannot solve reliably. There are some minimal disclaimers, but they do not dominate the messaging: the marketing does. OpenAI is fundamentally interested in selling the product, not promoting responsible use of the product. So the mixed messaging is calibrated so that lay users are encouraged to rely on ChatGPT even when they shouldn't. Kind of like Full Self Driving, which isn't.