It’s in the same ballpark as “my buddy said this while we were high” or “my uncle posted this on Facebook” or “I saw this YouTube video…”
It turns out people, on average, have horrible information hygiene and little incentive to consider this. ChatGPT just made Facebook Uncle Facts more personalized and accessible, unfortunately.
At least your are sifting through different results and picked something through your own when “you googled”, it actually included a hint of what you were thinking as you click through links looking for what you are trying to find.
Eh.
It’s in the same ballpark as “my buddy said this while we were high” or “my uncle posted this on Facebook” or “I saw this YouTube video…”
It turns out people, on average, have horrible information hygiene and little incentive to consider this. ChatGPT just made Facebook Uncle Facts more personalized and accessible, unfortunately.
No, because “my uncle” didn’t post a 6 paragraph essay that no one has ever read, but you are now expected to read.
Your uncle has, if he’s been linking SEO chum. That’s kinda where LLMs got it from.
“I googled”
Anything that isn’t on the first page of google might as well be lost to time.
At least your are sifting through different results and picked something through your own when “you googled”, it actually included a hint of what you were thinking as you click through links looking for what you are trying to find.
People on Lemmy also have horrid information hygiene that’s just as bad even though a lot of people like to pretend that they’re better than everyone.
Agreed, 100%.
What’s worse, few seem to care when a made-up post is pointed out.