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Disaffected

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11. I have found it to be extremely useful.

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 11:29 AM

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It can save hours of "Googling" and sifting through web site content, much of which is often irrelevant. I have found it to be quite reliable in most instances, but, as always, "trust but verify".

And no, I don't use it for its "creative" offerings and yes, I understand its shortcomings. I view it as pretty much any other tool - use it within its limitations.

It BTW is also pretty good at computer programming although there are better AI programming options available. In either case, many hours can be saved and it is not even necessary to know a programming language.

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How do you use ChatGPT and others like it in your daily life? [View all] LAS14 Yesterday OP

I don't. I avoid it like the plague. Ocelot II Yesterday #1

agree completely. poison. ret5hd Yesterday #5

I also don't use any of them Dave says Yesterday #38

Ditto. I never touch it. CanonRay 22 hrs ago #57

I haven't had occasion to use it at all biophile Yesterday #2

Zero obamanut2012 Yesterday #3

Examples? nt LAS14 Yesterday #8

Ask and Ye Shall Receive ruet Yesterday #35

Nope. Coventina Yesterday #4

Never even thought MuseRider Yesterday #6

Very little. I try to avoid it. mwmisses4289 Yesterday #7

I've found that for the little things I've listed it's usually accurate. I treat it... LAS14 Yesterday #14

It's more like a slick lying very limited Google. Ms. Toad Yesterday #23

I mostly use it for help with coding EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #9

Oh, right. I regularly copy a matrix... LAS14 Yesterday #15

Please don't assume any answers from it or the others are correct. Even on simple things where even the online news hlthe2b Yesterday #10

I have found it to be extremely useful. Disaffected Yesterday #11

So you're fine with it having been trained on stolen intellectual property? You don't care about highplainsdem Yesterday #28

Good grief, Disaffected Yesterday #32

I don't Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday #12

I typed in, "Deer in the headlights," gab13by13 Yesterday #13

I wish I knew how to put a Ha Ha emoji here. Ha Ha!! LAS14 Yesterday #16

lol! bamagal62 Yesterday #44

When it first appeared, I used it a few times to brainstorm story ideas tinrobot Yesterday #17

Never intentionally. yardwork Yesterday #18

lol why would I use an earth-burning plagiarism machine that's unreliable WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #19

Not at all. And have no plans to. stopdiggin Yesterday #20

It's pretty easy to proof the questions I put to it in categories 1 and 2. As for... LAS14 Yesterday #53

Aside from pretty thorough testing when it first came out, I don't. Ms. Toad Yesterday #21

Never used Chat GPT. Have used AI to figure out how to prepare a piece of allegorical oracle Yesterday #22

I don't have any idea how to use it. WestMichRad Yesterday #24

What should you call it? An illegally trained plagiarism tool that dumbs you down while harming the environment. highplainsdem Yesterday #25

Quite simply, I don't DFW Yesterday #26

Never intentionally Mossfern Yesterday #27

Well...I guess ChatGPT is the new Olive Garden radicalleft Yesterday #29

There is a difference. Ms. Toad Yesterday #42

I use it quite a bit crigda Yesterday #30

Was this reply generated by ChatGPT???? nt LAS14 Yesterday #54

LLMs like GPT are restricted by "Safety guardrails" so they don't offend anyone. That's the cause of most hallucinations Hellbound Hellhound Yesterday #31

Of all the reasons given for LLM hallucinations, guardrails have never been mentioned in all the highplainsdem Yesterday #36

Sounds like you've got some reading to do, then. Hellbound Hellhound Yesterday #39

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No need to get personal here, mate. My principles are just fine, exactly where they belong. Hellbound Hellhound Yesterday #43

The AI companies knew they were guilty of IP theft and copyright infringement. There's plenty of highplainsdem Yesterday #48

We'll just have to agree to disagree, mate. Hellbound Hellhound Yesterday #49

I think I know what an IP address is, but what is IP theft? nt LAS14 Yesterday #55

They mean 'intellectual property' in this case of "IP" Jack Valentino 22 hrs ago #58

Thanks nt LAS14 14 hrs ago #59

It is great Cosmocat Yesterday #33

Try very hard not. sinkingfeeling Yesterday #34

It's a crutch for the feeble-minded bucolic_frolic Yesterday #37

I do not use it nor approve of it's usage. John Coktosten Yesterday #41

I don't even know how. bamagal62 Yesterday #45

I don't use it. I don't use any AI attached to any of my apps. chia Yesterday #46

It's banned from my private universe. hunter Yesterday #47

Other than a handful of times out of shear curiosity, I haven't touched it. Tommy Carcetti Yesterday #50

I have not used it for my daily personal life, but have used it to help write stuff for work. beaglelover Yesterday #51

As little as humanly possible Jilly_in_VA Yesterday #52

Corporations that want to pretend they have customer service use AI a lot. hunter 23 hrs ago #56