@ghosttasha

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Show threadghosttashaNov 27
@violetmadder @pixx @jrdepriest @aesthr I appreciate your perspective, and I agree that small things matter. And I do feel like some of my contributions are helpful- like I mentioned, I'm veg, I don't purchase often and if I do it's usually local or second hand, I don't drive and use public transit instead, I hold onto phones and laptops as much as possible. I don't hugely use AI, but avoiding it all together puts my job at risk and that's not something that I'm willing to risk unfortunately
Show threadghosttashaNov 27
@f4grx @aesthr agreed, I don't use it for summaries. I use it to look for specific points within sources that I explain in prompts.
ghosttashaNov 27

@mkj @alex @aesthr

Good question, I use that when I'm looking for a general topic or for fun research.

But you can't use wikipedia to, for example, find a list of credible white papers showing data about how CMOs in the US are making hiring decisions and their top concerns regarding communication with leadership, which is what I needed recently for work.

It's too specific, which is where LLMs help

Show threadghosttashaNov 27

@pixx @violetmadder @jrdepriest @aesthr I agree, and I also don't believe that the cost is on the consumer. For example, we could have affordable, energy efficient electric and hybrid cars, but they're banned in North America because of lobbying by billionaires and corporations.

I can barely afford rent and healthcare. I'd love to be a more ethical consumer, I already am vegetarian, don't buy new products or fast fashion, and don't have a car. I'm not the one that is going to change this.

Show threadghosttashaNov 26
@aesthr Well said. I particularly notice this on the AI responses on search engines -- wish you could turn it off on more browsers and search engines. I think LLMs are useful sometimes, but I wish it wasn't the automatic default everywhere.
Show threadghosttashaNov 26

@alex @aesthr that's why I verify things. Essentially I use LLMs to help me draw up a relevant list of sources, and then browse through them on my own.

For some topics, it'll provide really good resources and sources, and for others it sucks. Just a matter of getting a good prompt, a content rich area, and some luck.

Edit: about your credibility point, I include parameters for what I consider credible in the prompt

Show threadghosttashaNov 26

@sheislaurence @aesthr that's annoying! Yeah I wouldn't rely on any info that it can't cite and that I can't verify. I usually specify that I want socially credible (I'll outline this by giving specific examples or parameters) or academic resources depending on what kind of question I'm asking.

Some things it's good for, some things it truly sucks ass for 🤷🏽‍♀️

Show threadghosttashaNov 26
@jrdepriest @aesthr because it's helpful to locate the specific sources I want and the points within them that are useful. I don't want GenAI to replace my research, just help make it more efficient
Show threadghosttashaNov 26

@aesthr I totally agree, I'm always encouraging people to

a) define and ask for credible sources in prompts
b) check the sources are real
c) if they are real, find the actual point within the source to see the context

I guess I assumed everyone else did that too, but that was def naive of me 🙃

In your example, I don't see why they wouldn't have just read the abstract at least! Ugh, it's so frustrating

Show threadghosttashaNov 26
@aesthr this is insane! Thanks for sharing, I'd never thought about AI this way.