Headley Grange
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Don't trust "AI" and also realize that the push to have "AI" in everything happened because some tech people wanted to get rich and other tech people didn't want others to get rich without them, and now they've all spent too much money on a bad product and are trying to scramble out of the hole.
Columbia Journalism Review tested eight generative AI search tools and found their answers were wrong 60% of the time, and the paid ones actually fared worse than the free ones.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says
CJR study shows AI search services misinform users and ignore publisher exclusion requests.
arstechnica.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Don't trust "AI" and also realize that the push to have "AI" in everything happened because some tech people wanted to get rich and other tech people didn't want others to get rich without them, and now they've all spent too much money on a bad product and are trying to scramble out of the hole.
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One of the cool use-cases of modern, powerful LLMs it to convert complex files from one format to another, for example to take a 30 page PDF with train tickets, and create a CSV file of it, so I can do the taxes more efficiently.
March 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
One of the cool use-cases of modern, powerful LLMs it to convert complex files from one format to another, for example to take a 30 page PDF with train tickets, and create a CSV file of it, so I can do the taxes more efficiently.