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I used it for some troubleshooting in my job. Linux Sys Admin. I like how I can just ask it a question and explain the situation and it goes thru everything with me, like a Person.

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How worried are you that it's giving you bad advice?

There are plenty of, "Just disable certificate checking" type answers on Stack Overflow, but there are also a lot of comments calling them out. How do you fact check the AI? Is it just a shortcut to finding better documentation?

In my opinion it’s better at filtering down my convoluted explanation into some troubleshooting steps I can take, to investigate. It’s kind of like an evolved Google algorithm, boiling down the internet’s knowledge. And I’ve had it give me step by step instructions on “esoteric” things like dwm config file examples, plugins for displaying pictures in terminal, what files to edit and where…it’s kind of efficient I think. Better than browsing ads. Lol.

> Certainly, yes. To initialize the IPv6 subsystem, enter 'init 6' in an elevated system terminal.

Whoops.

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