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by cyberpunk 163 days ago
Yep same, with the caveat that any actionable advice requires actual research from reliable sources afterwards (or at least making it cite sources).

i mean; i kinda get the concerns about misleading people but … are people really that dumb? okay if it’s telling you to drink more water, common sense. If you’re scrubbing up to perform an at home leg amputation because it misidentified a bruise then that’s really on you.

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> are people really that dumb?

Yes, absolutely. The US has measles back in rotation because people are "self-educating" (aka taking to heart whatever idiocy they read online without a 2nd thought), and you think people self diagnosing with a sycophant sentence generator is anything but a recipe for disaster?

ChatGPT frequently pushes back against the things I say. I think you can dial down the level of sycophancy.
If we build a bridge over this river, sure, people can get across the river, but what about if the bridge fails and people fall into the water! Let's not build the bridge instead.