Evan Leibovitch via talk said on Sun, 2 Mar 2025 03:36:56 -0500
So...
Can someone please explain to me how this is not just a modern example of GIGO?
Yes and no. Obviously LLMs get their information from things made by humans (and probably some other LLMs too), and if that info is garbage, then the LLM repeats it. And you can see this play out when ChatGPT writes code for you in an esoteric language like Ada or Harbour. When ChatGPT gives you code, you often need to debug that code. What has happened is that ChatGPT has "eaten" "infected" code, so it gives that infected code back to you. The more esoteric the subject, the more likely this is because one popular erroneous website can contaminate the whole thing. The preceding paragraph being said, *life* is a modern example of GIGO. Some people read and listen only to stuff that agrees with them, and hence spit out garbage. Other people employ critical thinking, compare and contrast, deduce agendas, and make a choice as to what to believe and therefore how to act. I'm pretty sure that ChatGPT employs such critical thinking, such that illogical input is either screened out or de-importantized. So in that regard I'd say ChatGPT is more like this mailing list's inhabitants than a simple computer program. SteveT Steve Litt http://444domains.com