LLMs are good at playing you
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Large language models (LLMs) are eerily human-like: in casual conversations, they mimic humans with near-perfect fidelity. Their language capabilities hold promise for some fields — and spell trouble for others. But above all, the models’ apparent intellect makes us ponder the fate of humanity. I don’t know what the future holds, but I think it helps to understand how often the models simply mess with our heads.

TL;DR: LLMs are just mimicking natural language and conversation. Fact checking and healthy skepticism is not part of their model. For example they can be easily tricked into advocating conspiracy theories, like a fake moon landing. Google Bard is even stating arithmetic falsehoods like 5*6 != 30

  • Lemdee@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    I tried to use ChatGPT help speed up my writing, like I tried using “give me a brief history of Queen Dido’s relationship with Caesar” when working on a character inspired by Queen Dido and then it gave me completely false information relating to some other historical figure.

    Until it can get more trustworthy in that regard I’m not sure how effective it is for writing assistance let alone writing the entire paper by itself.

    • liontigerwings@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      This might sound funny but try bing chat instead. Chat gpt uses 3.5 which is prone to hallucination as they call it. Bing uses gpt4 and also shows sources. I found it to be generally better at everything, especially since it has access to the Internet. You can look up stuff past 2021

      Edit: bings response. I have no clue if it’s right or not you tell me.

      Queen Dido was the founder and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Carthage. She lived in the 8th century BC. Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman who lived in the 1st century BC. There is no historical evidence that suggests that Queen Dido had any relationship with Julius Caesar. However, there are many stories and legends about Queen Dido’s life and her relationship with Aeneas, a Trojan hero who founded Rome. Would you like me to look up more information about Queen Dido or Julius Caesar?

      Source: Conversation with Bing, 6/13/2023 (1) The Truth About Princess Diana’s Relationship With Dodi Fayed. https://www.grunge.com/649740/the-truth-about-princess-dianas-relationship-with-dodi-fayed/. (2) Dido - Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dido. (3) Dido Character Analysis in The Aeneid | SparkNotes. https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/aeneid/character/dido/. (4) Dido - CliffsNotes. https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/a/aeneid/character-analysis/dido.

      • Lemdee@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        It’s better than ChatGPT, thanks for the suggestion! I’ll definitely give it a shot! lol