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Can we stop pretending language models know things?
Hey, just because they are handsome and beautiful doesn’t mean they aren’t smart!
Yeah I wouldn't ask chatGPT to do research on my behalf, who knows what industry fluff piece article it's scraped that text from.
Getting started with research, i.e. a first draft at an essay, sure. But you can't trust the information in these LLMs.
To do that, you'll need to do some lateral reading.