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Or you could learn to use the tool better and ask better questions. It's pretty decent at some things, absolutely terrible for others.
Asking to explain something like shorting a stock is one of the better uses, since there are tons of relevant posts explaining exactly that.
Oooooooor, I could use something mostly reliable instead of something that's sketch.
Why not both? Use the LLM to refine what you're looking for, and better sources for details. It's like skimming summaries in search results before picking a web page, or asking friends/family before looking up actual sources.
LLMs are great for interactive information retrieval and figuring out what information you actually need. They don't do everything, but they do a lot more than detractors claim and lot less than proponents claim. Find that happy middle-ground and it'll be a great tool.
LLMs are great for tech bros and CEOs who want maximum profit with minimum effort all while stealing work that isn't theirs and poisoning the planet at the same time.
They're also great for non-tech bros who just want to get stuff done, and they don't have to poison the planet at all. We run a few in our office on a Mac Mini, which sips power.
Those tech bros and CEOs are mostly fleecing investors, so I guess I'm not very concerned about them.