Uncredible AI

Lately, I have seen a lot of people presenting in-depth facts, arguments, or debunks by way of asking ChatGPT a question and then copy/pasting the response.

Please be really careful about using ChatGPT to research, support, or disprove issues involving factual information.  And I especially recommend simply not using it at all around controversial topics (where there is a lot of contradictory data in its training set).

I am an AI positivist and use ChatGPT every day in my business and creative projects.  I also help my clients use it in optimizing their work and life situations.  And I see clearly its strengths and clearly its problems.  Factuality is a major problem for most AI.  This is for a variety of reasons, but they all add up to AI having no credibility in the facts department.  I definitely hope that will change in the future, but for now, please don't argue using ChatGPT as an unverified resource...

Use AI for what it excels at: brainstorming, simulations, transformations, transcriptions, integrations, and fun.  It's also just a great listening ear for when you need to speak something out yourself.

But for factual information, Wikipedia is still probably a better starting off point for laying out your own research.  It is at least basically vetted by humans, while AI details can be simply correct and incorrect at random.

And don't rely on it too closely for how-to's either.  Sure, you can use it to get a general idea of how to proceed on something, but then double-check it through a Google search of reputable sites offering technical know-how (usually for free!).

Please enjoy the many ways using AI can help improve your life and activities, but don't forget that it's a total yes-man who memorized all the contradicting human ideas but has no actual experience with any of them.