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ChatGPT has a style over substance trick that seems to dupe people into thinking it's smart, researchers found::Developers often prefer ChatGPT's responses about code to those submitted by humans, despite the bot frequently being wrong, researchers found.

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[-] sumofchemicals@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You're right that it completely fabricates stuff. And even with that reality, it improves my productivity, because I can take multiple swings and still be faster than googling. (And sometimes might just not find an answer googling)

Of course you've got to know that's how the tool works, and some people are hyping it and acting like it's useful in all situations. And there are scenarios where I don't know enough about the subject to begin with to ask the right question or realize how incorrect the answer it's giving is.

I only commented because you said you can't get the correct answer, and that people don't check the answer, both of which I know from my and my friends actual usage is not the case.

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