Dare ObasanjoWelcome to the cycle of generative AI making search worse.
Quora uses ChatGPT which hallucinates an answer to a nonsense question.
Google Search picks up this nonsense answer from Quora which has high page rank and treats it as an instant answer.
Dr. Juande Santander-Vela@carnage4life this might actually be good for internet netizens… if they realize that nothing on the internet (or any other media) can be taken at face value…
the gripe ibis@juandesant @carnage4life nah we’ll just throw out our eggs because we think they're broken
Krupo@juandesant @carnage4life people say to me, "but then people will lose trust in what we claim to be an authoritative source."
Me: "yes, and?"
@krupo @carnage4life I agree that many “authoritative sources” have actually made a very bad use of their position, but not being able to rely on such concept means that every time you have to start from a position of distrust… and that is a very difficult position to start from every single time.
@juandesant @carnage4life yes I recognize the slippery slope that entails.
My nuanced position is to ask yourself: is the trusted source delivering well sourced and reasonable information, or are there red flags telling me to be on alert?
As it stands the internet is so broken I sometimes call my boss if I don't think a message looks legit.