When I tried it in the past, I kinda didn't take it seriously because everything was confined to its instance, but now, there's full-featured global search and proper federation everywhere? Wow, I thought I heard there were some technical obstacles making it very unlikely, but now it's just there and works great! I asked ChatGPT and it says this feature was added 5 years ago! Really? I'm not sure how I didn't notice this sooner. Was it really there for so long? With flairs showing original instance where video comes from and everything?

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[–] Xkdrxodrixkr@feddit.org 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Because they'd still like to know? it's generally expected to do some research on your own before asking other people, and inform them of what you've already tried

[–] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 63 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Asking ChatGPT isn’t research.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 8 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

ChatGPT is a moderately useful tertiary source. Quoting Wikipedia isn't research, but using Wikipedia to find primary sources and reading those is a good faith effort. Likewise, asking ChatGPT in and of itself isn't research, but it can be a valid research aid if you use it to find relevant primary sources.

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 hours ago

At least some editor will usually make sure Wikipedia is correct. There’s nobody ensuring chatGPT is correct.

[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

AI seems to think it’s always right but in reality it is seldom correct.

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sounds like every human it's been trained on

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

No, it sounds like a mindless statistics machine because that’s what it is. Even stupid people have reasons for saying and doing things.

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Yes, stupid people's reason is because Trump said so, so it must be true

[–] Blueberrydreamer@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 22 hours ago

If those people are inaccurately spouting 'facts' from some article they can barely remember, yeah that's pretty much exactly the same output.