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0 pointsbambax3y ago0 comments

It's true that ChatGPT is just a program, a machine, and that we are "starting to anthropomorphize" it. But that's what it wants! (Or, what its makers want.)

> Do you expect google to tell that when it outputs the results?

Well, Google doesn't tell me anything, it quotes things it has found on the web.

The huge, huge difference between Google and ChatGPT is that Google never, ever says "I", while ChatGPT does. The other difference is that Google produces references that are actual links to actual web pages it has not authored, while ChatGPT speaks in its own name and when asked to produce references, simply makes them up (lots of examples about this).

If you can't see how ChatGPT is totally different from a regular search engine in its positioning and proposed usage, you're not alone, and I'm afraid I can't help you. But -- IMHO -- you are very very wrong.

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BiteCode_dev3y ago

I can see that it's totally different from a search engine. If you can't understand that analogies don't need (and cannot be) to be perfect to be useful, you're not alone, and I'm afraid I can't help you. But -- IMHO -- you are very very wrong.

bambaxOP3y ago

Well, if you agree that the two are "totally different" then you must agree that the analogy is not just imperfect but inappropriate and misleading.

Also, quoting my text back to me verbatim is childish and doesn't help the discussion much, or at all.

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