ChatGPT and the like are not nearly as good as you think. And as time goes by, they’re getting worse. Credit: SeaStudio/Shutterstock I wish generative AI (genAI) tools were truly useful. They’re not. I keep tinkering with the programs — ChatGPT , Meta AI , Gemini , etc., etc. Mind you, they look useful if you don’t know any better. Their answers sound plausible. But if you look closer, even if you forgive them for their hallucinations — that is, lies — you’ll see all too often that the answers they give are wrong. If you’re operating at, say, a high-school-grade report level, genAI answers are fine. (Sorry, teachers.) But if you’re digging deep into a subject, which is where I live, it’s another story. I know more than […]
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