I agree, but I learn best when I can ask questions a certain way to understand concepts, and as much as people may hate it, it’s good at answering questions like that and people are often nasty when others ask questions they assume to be stupid.
Remember: if you don’t know enough about the topic in question to grade its answers then you’re not judging its ability to answer accurately, you’re judging it’s ability to convince you.
people are often nasty when others ask questions they assume to be stupid.
It sounds to me like you might want to reevaluate the communities you’re in. This sounds incredibly toxic.
And I agree, for simple questions, it can be helpful. I would caution against overreliance on the answers though. Even the best models available today hallucinate regularly. Always verify answers when they are important.
Also, learning to read documentation directly is a valuable skill to develop. Even if you don’t rely on the documentation directly, reading a lot of it will make it easier to write documentation as well.
I agree, but I learn best when I can ask questions a certain way to understand concepts, and as much as people may hate it, it’s good at answering questions like that and people are often nasty when others ask questions they assume to be stupid.
Not that I’m a student.
Are you sure about that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtBI2BvPKBQ
Remember: if you don’t know enough about the topic in question to grade its answers then you’re not judging its ability to answer accurately, you’re judging it’s ability to convince you.
Same could be said about everything online really.
Trust but verify, that’s been the motto since forever.
It sounds to me like you might want to reevaluate the communities you’re in. This sounds incredibly toxic.
And I agree, for simple questions, it can be helpful. I would caution against overreliance on the answers though. Even the best models available today hallucinate regularly. Always verify answers when they are important.
Also, learning to read documentation directly is a valuable skill to develop. Even if you don’t rely on the documentation directly, reading a lot of it will make it easier to write documentation as well.