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Over half of all tech industry workers view AI as overrated (www.techspot.com)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I also have tried to use it to help with programming problems, and it is confidently incorrect a high percentage (50%) of the time. It will fabricate package names, functions, and more. When you ask it to correct itself, it will give another confidently incorrect answer. Do this a few more times and you could end up with it suggesting the first incorrect answer it gave you and then you realize it is literally leading you in circles.

It's definitely a nice option to check something quickly, and it has given me some good information, but you really can't blindly trust its output.

At least with programming, you can validate fairly quickly that it is giving bad information. With other real-life applications, using it for cooking/baking, or trip planning, the consequences of bad information could be quite a bit worse.