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highplainsdem

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11. Chatbots don't know anything that isn't in their training data.

Reply to Disaffected (Reply #8)

Wed Dec 10, 2025, 08:38 PM

Dec 2025

And a lot of information turns up if you google

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You wrote

And I doubt if ChatGPT plagiarized anything copywritten do do it.

The word you want there is copyrighted.

And for all you know, ChatGPT gave you exact quotes from some manual.

Yes, you saved time asking ChatGPT what you should do instead of finding the information yourself. You also learned less than you would have learned otherwise.

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Ha! AI isn't the scourge afterall Disaffected Dec 2025 #1

Yes, it is. GenAI models are plagiarism machines trained on stolen intellectual property. They aren't highplainsdem Dec 2025 #2

Agree hlthe2b Dec 2025 #3

You keep repeating the same mantra Disaffected Dec 2025 #7

That "mantra" is a list of the basic facts about genAI. I've read plenty of opinions on both sides. highplainsdem Dec 2025 #9

Oh well.... nt Disaffected Dec 2025 #10

AI, in this case canetoad Dec 2025 #12

It has provided many answers I personally support. Disaffected Dec 2025 #13

Agree... anciano Dec 2025 #14

AI is dependent canetoad Dec 2025 #17

It's a scourge that can sometimes be hilarious leftstreet Dec 2025 #5

Agree... anciano Dec 2025 #6

Certainly and there are many examples of this. Disaffected Dec 2025 #8

Chatbots don't know anything that isn't in their training data. highplainsdem Dec 2025 #11

You are correct. Disaffected Dec 2025 #15

21st century needs require 21st century tools.... anciano Dec 2025 #16

we don't need an earth-devouring machine to tell us what we already know, jesus christ WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2025 #4