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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

ChatGPT is not a search engine

It is every bit as much of a search engine as SearchGPT, with the exception of more recent information, as I've already explained.

it generates predictions on what is the most likely text completion to your prompt.

...using information from the internet. I'm honestly baffled this needs to be explained. Once again, I ask: Where do you think the information it generates comes from? It's not just word salad, the words contain information. Were you unaware of the many many OpenAI lawsuits based on this fact?

This is why it bullshits.

It bullshits because it's trained on bullshit, and doesn't actually know anything, and isn't programmed to say "I don't know".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The information it generates comes from the model. The information from the model comes from the internet. The information it generates does not come from the internet. A to B to C, not A to C. I don't know how to explain this more simply without crayons, the information from the internet does not exist within the model, but the average of the information can be recreated by the model. That is not what a fucking search engine does. A search engine doesn't tell you the average results for your query, it gives you the most relevant results. At least, they should and used to. I can understand the confusion if you've only used a search engine in the past 3 years.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The information from the model comes from the internet

I rest my case.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

That you can't read.