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ultralite001

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4. If you're going to use AI...

Sat Nov 22, 2025, 03:54 PM

Nov 22

ALWAYS... ALWAYS... ALWAYS...

Check the sources that they cite...

Their responses look pretty raunchy when they cite highly questionable or AI-generated sources...
which may not be noticeable if one is not accustomed to doing research... + when so many once
reputable sources have been compromised...

Also, when doing web-browser-based searches -- turn off AI features so the information returned isn't
peppered w/ AI-tainted references... Sometimes you can add "-AI" or "no AI" or "minus AI" to
the end of the search query. What a difference that small change can make.

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Something Disturbing Happens When You "Learn" Something With ChatGPT [View all] highplainsdem Nov 22 OP

Only for those who take it at face value. I immediately expect something to be wrong-- at least partially and hlthe2b Nov 22 #1

Yes that's the totally sensible approach ... to distrust the information until it has been corroborated FakeNoose Nov 22 #25

Also understand how low even that bar was. Remember the disdain for "Google University" RockRaven Nov 22 #2

I've seen so many people posting "I ran this by Chat GPT and this is what it came up with" or chia Nov 22 #3

That is so cringe-worthy to me. I can't believe how uncritically people have accepted this Iris Nov 22 #10

If you're going to use AI... ultralite001 Nov 22 #4

It's Cliff Notes in a new incarnation. Speedy and shallow. IMO. nt allegorical oracle Nov 22 #5

I'll bet Cliff Notes at least had 'some' human review. And the notes were revised over the years. erronis Nov 22 #11

Sure ... the Cliff Notes were written by live humans FakeNoose Nov 22 #26

;-{) Goonch Nov 22 #6

Whatever chatbot(s?) generated that AI-promoting AI slop answer for you makes no reference at all highplainsdem Nov 22 #9

Please don't tell other people what to post. Jack Valentino Sunday #40

This is a message board for people to communicate, not a display for AI slop. If it's treated as acceptable highplainsdem Sunday #41

Yeah, we all have our crosses to bear.... Jack Valentino Sunday #42

It was a request saying please, not an order. As for your availing yourself of the technology - it's unlikely highplainsdem Sunday #43

I put my use of any technology whatsoever which will help me to oppose TRUMP Jack Valentino Monday #44

Kick SheltieLover Nov 22 #7

Thanks! highplainsdem Nov 22 #21

Yw. Ty for being our resident expert on ai slop! SheltieLover Nov 22 #22

Doing a google search is hardly the best way to learn something to begin with... Wounded Bear Nov 22 #8

I have been using Google's 'NotebookLM', I think with good results. rog Nov 22 #12

Why aren't you writing those reports yourself, if they're supposedly from you? And why do you want highplainsdem Nov 22 #20

I'm not sure I'm communicating effectively. rog Nov 22 #27

I emphasized writing for yourself because writing is critical to thinking and shouldn't be turned over highplainsdem Nov 22 #33

OK. It's clear that your reading comprehension is limited, since we - apparently - agree ... rog Nov 22 #34

You ignored my pointing out that genAI tools are fundamentally unethical because they're trained illegally highplainsdem Nov 22 #35

You're just a wealth of information, aren't you? rog Sunday #36

If you had spent a bit more time simply googling, you'd have learned quickly for yourself that natural highplainsdem Sunday #37

(sigh) re: your assumptions about my diet ... vegan since about 1974 ... rog Sunday #38

Sigh. I haven't "singled you out" - I've posted hundreds of threads here on the pitfalls of using genAI, highplainsdem Sunday #39

I like going down the research holes of Wikipedia, pubmed, phys.org, Medscape, etc. erronis Nov 22 #13

Butlerian Jihad... BurnDoubt Nov 22 #14

This!!! paleotn Nov 22 #19

The ship has sailed. Professors are using it now Sympthsical Nov 22 #15

And there are more and more studies showing how harmful AI is, how much it dumbs users down. highplainsdem Nov 22 #23

We've said the same about social media Sympthsical Nov 22 #24

It's the end of humanity. We're doomed. QueerDuck Nov 22 #16

Dumb comparisons, and you know it. Or should. highplainsdem Nov 22 #18

so much wrong with AI barbtries Nov 22 #17

You can also create your own 'custom' search engine to do that ... rog Nov 22 #30

Seen on one of my fitness sites last spring: CrispyQ Nov 22 #28

Butlerian Jihad... BurnDoubt Nov 22 #29

OOPS!!! BurnDoubt Nov 22 #31

Seems Obvious OC375 Nov 22 #32