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My dad cited inaccurate information because of ChatGPT (eviltoast.org)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I run a small VPS host and rely on PayPal for payments, mainly because (a) most VPS customers pay that way if you aren't AWS or GoDaddy and (b) very good fraud protection. My prior venture had quite a bit of chargebacks from Stripe so it went PP-only also.

My dad told me I should "reduce the processing fees" and inaccurately cited that ChatGPT told him PayPal has 5% fees when it really has 3-3.5% fees (plus 49 cents). Yet he insisted 5% was the charge.

Yes, PayPal sucks but ChatGPT sucks even more. When I was a child he said Toontown would ruin my brain, yet LLMs are ruining his even more.

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[–] blitzen 20 points 4 days ago (17 children)

LLMs are undoubtedly impressive tech that will get better with time. But to anyone singing their praises too emphatically I say ask it something on a topic you are an expert on; you’ll quickly see how fallible they currently are.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 days ago (14 children)

LLM's are not AI. Calling it as such says more about the person than the technology. And then I realize, they might be right... /s

[–] blitzen 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Are you suggesting LLMs aren’t powering ChatGPT, the AI front in the post is about? Or am I just missing your joke (which is possible?)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's sarcasm. And yes, a joke. Along the same lines as 'Think of your average person, and realize half the population is dumber'.

[–] blitzen 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Guess maybe I fall on the wrong side of that divide. :-)

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