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In what way was this different from people Googling medical advice and then badgering their doctors/vets?

Googling requires the user to interpret the results; ChatGPT can interpret them.

> badgering their doctors/vets

You're saying it like being aware of possible diseases is a bad thing. One just has to avoid saying "you're wrong" to a doctor and instead just ask for a second opinion.

In what way is driving a car different from riding a horse?

Efficiency and accessibility.

True, it's amplifying Google results BS to incredible levels.

In my experience on topics I know well, ChatGPT is pretty good at avoiding bullshit. A lot of garbage in but mostly high quality results out.

A bit like the image generation AIs that are trained on tons of ugly pictures, understand the common concepts, and only output beautiful pictures thanks to the fewer beautiful pictures from the training datasets.

Funny thing is Googling a very simple "dog anemia" suggests it in the first result. Which is unbelievably faster than pasting in a giant set of results and phrasing a question. I guess ChatGPT is the horse :P

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