eevee 🦊Jan 11, 2023

chatgpt is predictive text.
chatgpt is predictive text.
chatgpt is predictive text.
chatgpt is predictive text.
chatgpt is predictive text.

it's not even answering questions. it just pattern-matches that the next text after something that looks like a question is most often something that looks like an answer

Show threadRelee the Squirrel

@eevee It's really good at that too, huh? Well, usually.

So, what are folks saying it is that you're trying to correct? I'm imagining it's the folks who think it's alive or something, but there's so many different views.

Jan 11, 2023 at 3:39amWeb
Show threadeevee 🦊Jan 11, 2023
@relee people don't describe it explicitly as very many things, but i keep seeing glimpses of it being treated as a knowledge engine
Show threadRelee the SquirrelJan 11, 2023

@eevee I have seen folks saying it's great for advice and answering questions, but it is certainly wrong often and doesn't actually know, it's just putting words that it thinks would fit best in there, based on its training.

I hear about folks using it for code generation, too, but it's really not going to eliminate pro coders. You still need to understand when and why code it produces isn't good, and know when some advice is just wrong.