From a live tweet of the proceedings around the lawyer caught using ChatGPT:
"I thought ChatGPT was a search engine".
It is NOT a search engine. Nor, by the way are the version of it included in Bing or Google's Bard.
Language model-driven chatbots are not suitable for information access.
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Honestly, this lawyer is actually lucky, bc he is working within a system that was able to catch his misstep.
When MSFT, GOOG & others present their chatbots as a replacement for search, they are setting people up for similar fails, typically in much less regulated spaces.
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Say it with me as many times as it takes to make the lesson stick: Chatbots are not a suitable replacement for search engines.
https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender/109570353001872254
Chatbots are not a good replacement for search engines https://iai.tv/articles/all-knowing-machines-are-a-fantasy-auid-2334
Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)
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