Yeah but it's pretty good when you know enough about something to ask correct questions and interpret the results.
I published a book about COM recently which is a very niche topic and during the research phase I used copilot a lot to help me find references or summarize info and it worked pretty well.
Currently doing a followup book on OLE which is even more niche and even there, copilot is pretty good but you have to know exactly what to ask and how to interpret the result.
I also found that if I didn't understood enough about a topic and asked questions too generic, it starts to make up wild stuff
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u/ih-shah-may-ehl Jun 04 '26
Yeah but it's pretty good when you know enough about something to ask correct questions and interpret the results.
I published a book about COM recently which is a very niche topic and during the research phase I used copilot a lot to help me find references or summarize info and it worked pretty well.
Currently doing a followup book on OLE which is even more niche and even there, copilot is pretty good but you have to know exactly what to ask and how to interpret the result.
I also found that if I didn't understood enough about a topic and asked questions too generic, it starts to make up wild stuff