I don't get why everyone is hellbent on getting LLMs to perform fact checking.

This is not the technology for it. Sure it might sorta kinda work in some circumstances. That doesn't make it a good fit.

Think of it like buying a refrigerator for storing clothes.

nicce 25 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

People ask questions to get answers. For me, it feels quite important? Especially when search engines start to push them?

But people use it for that. So what's your point?

	▲	fooker a minute ago \| parent [-]
		It's a marketing failure (or success, depending on how you see it). AI is pretty useful for a great many things, but to really attract more and more investment the current technique seems to be convincing people that AI is useful for everything.