5 Feb
2025
5 Feb
'25
2:42 a.m.
David Collier-Brown via talk wrote on 2025-02-04 18:32:
If someone has solved your problem, you are likely to get a */good/* answer. Alas, if someone has a buggy solution, or buggy part of the solution, you can get the bug.
They can *synthesize* new answers from inputs, like making sense of inscrutable documentation, etc. It's not just regurgitating what it has read from someone's posts elsewhere. That's what makes them so valuable a tool. Also what makes them synthesize utter nonsense (aka "hallucinate"). It's truly remarkable.