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How's this any different than someone 5+ years ago blindly going by whatever a Google result said about anything? I've run into conflicting answers to things off Google's first page of results, some things aren't 100% certain and require more research.

I'm not surprised if this will make some lazier since you don't need to do the legwork of reading, but how many don't read only the headlines of articles before they share articles?

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Part of it I think is the confidence with which LLMs return answers

> How's this any different than someone 5+ years ago blindly going by whatever a Google result said about anything

You can interrogate it at least. "Are you sure that's the correct answer? Re-think from the beginning without any assumptions" and you'll get a checklist you can mentally/practically go through yourself to validate.

True, so I guess what needs to happen is people using AI need to be informed on how to use it more accurately so they're actually learning source material and not just taking garbage / cheating on coursework.

So we need to train inquisitive curious thinkers that look at things from all angles and understand why they know something.

A friend and myself were talking not too long ago that people these days don't practice critical thinking. It might be worthwhile for not just schools but parents everywhere to teach their kids to think more critically, ask the right questions when presented with new information.

For code; at least you would have to copy and paste it, and then modify, even if ever so slightly, to make it fit your code.

Now, "Claude, fix that for me".

Differences of degree, not of kind

> How's this any different than someone 5+ years ago blindly going by whatever a Google result said about anything?

It has "AI" in the title, so it's a hot take.

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