14th October 2025, 11:37 AM
(14th October 2025, 7:30 AM)Master Raiden Wrote: I find myself using ChatGPT more and more for getting information, but that's the extent to which I use AI.
I'm not really a fan of AI-generated content, so I don't ask it to create things for me, but I find it extremely helpful when I need some information about something. Its ability to quickly pull together information, summarize it and offer opinions and suggestions makes it like a supercharged search engine. The struggles of Googling something and not being able to find the answer you need are in the past when AI can give you information on pretty much anything you can think of.
AI-generated content has reached the point now, where they’re dominating everything. To me it’s amusing for things like funny videos and all, but some of this stuff is too excessive. With technology apps like OpenAI and Sora, you’d have to really be paying attention to not fall for some of that stuff. On the other hand, ChatGPT is very useful for things like learning new vocabulary words, writing resumes (which I’ve done and had recruiters reach out to me before), and paraphrasing information.
(14th October 2025, 7:30 AM)Master Raiden Wrote: But of course it's important to know its weaknesses. On a few occasions, I have caught ChatGPT making stuff up and giving me wrong answers. So when I ask it to solve a problem for me, I also follow up with a question asking why their solution is good. You can still benefit from the power of AI without losing your critical thinking skills if you remember not to blindly trust whatever ChatGPT tells you, and that's what I try to do.
Oh yeah, you definitely gotta fact check ChatGPT because their answers are not always consistently the same, either. For me, when I suspect that ChatGPT is making some mistakes in some of their answers, I’ll just do some basic research to see if it validates its answers. If I don’t like the answers they’re giving me, then I’ll just restructure my questions to see if I can get a more, valid answer. Sometimes I’ll use DeepAI to see if it gives me the same answers as well. I’d say ChatGPT is effective about 70-75% of the time, but I wouldn’t rely on it to give me knowledge on things that are common sense.
