Use it for... what exactly?

My favorite use is to give me PhD level tours of art museums and historic sites. It seems to know everything about every single artwork, the lives of the artists, and the economic and cultural context. It's willing to go at my pace and field as many or as few questions as I want.

Frequently use it to come up with recipes when cooking, repair electrical equipment, or seek medical advice and results interpretation for my family.

It's pretty hard to imagine life without it at this point. I know it's possible, but like the internet, I would feel crippled by the lack of information and things that I can no longer easily do

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kombookcha an hour ago | parent | next [-]

> It seems to know everything

'Seems' is a very dangerous word in this context.

	▲	s1artibartfast an hour ago \| parent [-]
		It doesnt have to be perfect. It just better than the human tour guides, which it absolutely was on my last trip to Europe.

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scubadude an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

What about when it just flat out lies to you, how do you sort the right info from the wrong?

> recipes when cooking

I used it for a recipe, gave it a brilliant and detailed prompt, it told me to put 10x a particular spice and it ruined the dish.

> seek medical advice and results interpretation for my family

good luck

> repair electrical equipment

what can go wrong, really

	▲	simianwords an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Why do you use hacker news when anyone can lie to you? You still use it because it is directionally correct and the accuracy rate is high enough that it makes it worth it. Same with ChatGPT. I use the thinking model and rarely (if not never) get obvious errors.
	▲	s1artibartfast an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Its not perfect, just like talking to humans, online information, the news, or even books. It makes mistakes all the time, so you have to think and judge, just like the rest of life, but I find it is a tremendous resource. Recipies are one of the strongest areas given the low complexity and obvious training data. Im curious what it messed up on with.